US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States owes Turkey an explanation and does not have any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force.
Tillerson added that he understands why Turkey reacted the way it did.
The Unites States is taking Turkey's concerns regarding Syria "seriously," the Secretary of State said.
"We will continue working with allies such as Turkey. We will take Turkey's concerns about PKK [terror group] into consideration," Daily Sabah cited Tillerson as saying.
Tillerson said Washington was aware of Turkey's humanitarian efforts in Syria, adding that the US will need Turkey's help to work on the currently-war-torn country's future.
His comments come in the wake of Ankara's criticism of a US plan to form a 30,000-strong army led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed-wing People's Protection Units (YPG).
