Paris, Feb. 7, 2018 (AFP) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Turkey on Wednesday against any deaths of civilians in its current offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria.

“What we can understand is that Turkey wants to ensure the security of its borders. It is a legitimate right, but to ensure the security of its borders is not to kill civilians; this is reprehensible, “said the head of French diplomacy on the French channel BFMTV and radio RMC.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), at least 68 civilians, including 21 children, were killed in the Turkish bombings carried out as part of this offensive.

“It is not necessary in a very dangerous situation today in Syria, dramatic in all respects, to add war to war,” continued Le Drian, calling on all actors involved in fighting to return to the table. political negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations.

“That’s what we say to the Russians, to the Iranians, to the Turks: it has to happen within the United Nations, otherwise we will have a + cumulation + of the war in the war that will be dramatic. There will be a new Syrian crisis without serious exit, “he said.

Today, international law is “raped by Turkey, violated by the Damascus regime, and raped by Iran,” he added. French President Emmanuel Macron had already warned Turkey at the end of January against any hint of “invasion” of Syria.

“If it turned out that this operation had to take another turn than an action to fight against a terrorist potential threatening the Turkish border and that it was an invasion operation, at that moment, this operation poses a problem for us. real, “he warned.

After a telephone conversation Saturday with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the French president announced that the two countries would “work on a diplomatic road map in Syria”, without further details on its timetable and its objectives .