Moulton Statement on Ceasefire in Northern Syria

Statement

Moments ago in Turkey, Vice President Mike Pence announced a 120-hour ceasefire between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds. The deal will force the Kurds living in Turkey's desired buffer zone from their homes and extracts no concessions from Turkey. The deal also includes no sanctions on Turkey's leaders in response to their invasion of Kurdish held territory in Syria after the president's decision to abandon America's Kurdish allies.

Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) made the following statement:

"Preventing our allies from being slaughtered by our commander in chief's foreign policy blunders is nothing to celebrate--it should be the bare minimum," Moulton said. "This White House continues to hand Turkey's Putin-allied president everything President Trump promised him on the phone last week for nothing in return. Our Kurdish allies who have paid a heavy price to protect us from ISIS get nothing from this deal except a long march out of their homes and cities after being bombarded and attacked for a week. I am still gravely concerned for their safety and about the resurgence of ISIS because of the president's recklessness."

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