Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russian, Turkish, and Syrian leaders might come collectively “depending on the developments” to determine peace and stability within the war-torn nation.
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After an upcoming international ministers assembly, the leaders of Russia, Türkiye, and Syria may additionally meet to debate peace and stability in Syria, relying on developments, the Turkish president has mentioned.
“Depending on the developments, we may come together as the Russian, Turkish, and Syrian leaders. So, our aim is to establish peace and stability in the region,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned, addressing his Justice and Development (AK) Party’s prolonged provincial heads assembly in Ankara, on Thursday.
Turkish, Russian, and Syrian regime’s defence ministers and intelligence chiefs got here collectively in Moscow, he mentioned, including that “hopefully, the foreign ministers will come together in a trilateral format.”
On December 28, the Turkish, Russian, and Syrian defence ministers met in Moscow to debate counterterrorism efforts in Syria, they usually agreed to proceed tripartite conferences to make sure stability in Syria and within the wider area.
The assembly tackled the Syria disaster, the refugee challenge, and joint counter-terrorism efforts towards all terror teams in Syria.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu mentioned a second assembly might happen in mid-January.
Earlier right this moment, in a cellphone name together with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Erdogan referred to as for concrete steps to clear northern Syria of the PKK/PYD/YPG terror group.
“The concrete steps should now be taken to clear PKK/PYD/YPG terror group especially from Tel Rifaat, Manbij in northern Syria, near Türkiye’s border,” Erdogan instructed Putin, in line with an announcement by the Turkish Communications Directorate.
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Gas hub
Türkiye is strengthening the infrastructure to show the nation right into a fuel hub and can be finishing a roadmap “as soon as possible,” Erdogan instructed Putin in Thursday’s cellphone name.
He additionally mentioned that the requires peace and negotiations between Moscow and Kiev ought to be supported by a unilateral ceasefire for a good answer.
On different hand, the Kremlin mentioned that Putin “acknowledged the destructive role of the West, pumping weapons into Kiev, providing information and guidance”.
He mentioned that Russia was prepared for a dialogue on Ukraine, however that Kiev should fulfil the beforehand introduced necessities and keep in mind “new territorial realities”.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US, and EU – has been accountable for the deaths of over 40,000 folks, together with girls, youngsters, and infants. The YPG is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot.
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Source: AA
