Expressing that Turkey is running thin on patience with the sluggish process of establishing the safe zone, Akar said on Friday that there is a general consensus between Turkey and the U.S. on the joint patrols.

"We expect for the activities that have been determined in this respect to continue in a certain order and tempo. We desire to move on this issue," Akar said.

On Aug. 7, Turkey agreed with U.S. military officials to set up a safe zone and develop a "peace corridor" running from the Euphrates River to the Iraqi border to facilitate the return of displaced Syrians currently living in Turkey to their home country and provide security for Turkish border settlements and military outposts.

They also agreed to establish a joint operations center.

While the process for the establishment of the safe zone is taking steps forward, the U.S. is continuing logistical and training support to the PKK terrorist organization's Syrian affiliate, the People's Protection Units (YPG), making Turkey cautious in fully trusting the country.

"They [the U.S.] first started negotiations by saying that 'there is no way the Turkish military enters the region.' The negotiations continued for a few months. Then, during the negotiations in August, a general consensus was reached on a certain schedule," the defense minister explained.

Yet, Akar also underlined that Turkey has not forgotten what happened with neither Manbij or Raqqa, when the U.S. refused to clear YPG terrorists from the region.

"Since this [the Manbij deal] failed, we carried out Operation Olive Branch and Operation Euphrates Shield by ourselves. Our determination on the issue is quite clear," he added.

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