Ankara against the idea of dominating any country in the region, it is necessary to unite and take on the obligation to protect each other, standing shoulder to shoulder. This was reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Hakan Fidan in an interview with the Saudi television channel Al Hadath.
The head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry noted that a new period began in Syria after 13-14 years of suffering.
The minister recalled that the length of the Turkish-Syrian border is 911 km. “We are historically connected, in geographically, culture and religion, and inseparable as” the nail from the flesh. “Therefore, when this alarming period in Syria began, the Syrian opposition in the north reached Turkey, millions of displaced refugees considered Turkey their homeland and home, And we accepted them with open arms, ”Fidan said.
The head of the diplomatic unity emphasized that it was very important for the Syrian opposition to find support in Turkey, and in Ankara they made great efforts to be able to find a constructive solution to the problem.
The Astaninsky process was very important in this regard, but representatives of the Assad regime each time under various pretexts refused negotiations and could not make a choice, said Hakan Fidan. “He either had to share power with his people, conclude peace with his people, or share power with hegemons and forces that came from the outside, with the forces that” defended “him from his own people,” the minister said, drawing attention to The fact that the Assada regime chose to share this force with the allies, including Iran.
This time they could not come to the desired result, since each country had different interests, and after a certain moment when Assad did not manage to conclude peace with their people, nor to return millions of people, nor provide basic services to people, already who was in Syria, and the economic situation worsened, the system collapsed on its own, the Turkish minister attracted attention.
The head of the Turkish diplomatic mission was asked to comment on the statements that “certain persons really sat down at the negotiating table and agreed that Assad would leave, and then a process was launched, which led to the fall of Damascus, and the way to promote the Khayyat Tahrir Ash group was opened –Ham “(KHTSh)”.
“Turkey was not part of such a process. After the start of the Operation of the KHTSh and other opposition groups, we made intensive efforts so that it was carried out in the most unless-free, unprincipled, non-marked way, but we have not united before with any country or group, They did not participate in such planning, ”said Hakan Fidan.
Türkiye, the Russian Federation and Iran conduct intensive negotiations on Syria
FIDAN reported that Türkiye, the Russian Federation and Iran hold very intense and regular meetings on Syria to ensure the stability of the ceasefire and solve existing problems.