We will enter Afrin if necessary: Turkey’s presidential spokesman

Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın has said in a statement made live on Thursday that Turkey will do what it deems necessary for its security, in response to a question about a possible operation across the border in Syria’s Afrin.

In a statement given to local news outlet TRT Haber about a possible operation in Afrin, Kalın said that “Turkey will intervene at any time and place to do what it deems necessary for its security.”

Addressing the most recent developments with Iran after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Tehran on Wednesday Kalın also said that Turkish public banks will sign agreements with their Iranian counterparts.

He also commented on the issue of the arrest of a local employee at the American Consulate in Istanbul on charges of “espionage,” Kalın said “Each country is looking out for its interests when it comes to its international relations.”