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ANKARA, July 24-- Turkey was not satisfied with a new proposal submitted by the United States on the issue of establishing a safe zone in northern Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. "New U.S. proposals are not satisfactory for us. We got the impression that they want to stall just like what happened with Manbij (deal)," Cavusoglu told reporters at a press conference, after talks between the American and Turkish delegations in capital Ankara. "A deal on a safe zone has to be reached as soon as possible. Our patience has run out," he said, warning of a possible Turkish invasion in the east of the Euphrates in Syria. His remarks came after the two countries have held talks since Monday to discuss Syria, including the possibility of setting up a safe zone along the border with Turkey, which aims at preventing clashes between Turkish and Kurdish forces. The meetings came after Turkey advanced its military buildup on its border with Syria for a possible new incursion. Cavusoglu said in a recent discussion that his American counterpart Mike Pompeo asked him to wait for a military operation and offered to send a delegation with new proposals for the safe zone. The proposal has "new ideas on who will be included in the safe zone and joint patrols between soldiers," Cavusoglu said, but the offer failed short on the topics of the depth of the safe zone, the elimination of the People's Protection Units (YPG) forces, which Ankara sees as the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group, and the control of the safe zone. | 
