ANKARA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkey cannot accept the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) militia being invited by Russia to Syria talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana, Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday.
"We do not see any problems in inviting other Syrian Kurdish groups, but PYD/YPG is a terrorist organization. We will not accept inclusion of a terrorist group into a platform like Astana [talks on Syria]," Kalin said on his weekly press conference.
Kalin also said the problem had been "mostly solved" after Turkish officials' immediate intervention, adding that Ankara told Moscow "this kind of initiatives will not be welcomed."
According to local media, Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to Astana talks on November 30-31, as Moscow seeks to launch a new initiative to end the 6-year-long Syrian conflict.
