Turkey was extremely connected with Syria in 2011 after the Syrian civil battle, in which it sustained insurgents examining to oust Assad, reported in The International News.
DAMASCUS: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad claimed on Monday “He would only meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara’s support for terrorism and the pullout of Turkish forces from Syrian territory.”
“The problem is not the meeting, but its content,” a video clip dismissed by the presidency directed Assad apprising reporters in Damascus.
Turkey was extremely connected with Syria in 2011 after the eruption of the Syrian civil battle, in which it backed revolutionaries glancing to oust Assad. The Syrian leader considers the revolutionaries as terrorists.
Ankara also launched a “safe zone” in northern Syria where Turkish corps are now ceased, and it has moved out many cross-border martial functions against the military it articulates intimidate Turkey’s federal protection.
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Erdogan conveyed earlier in July “He would extend an invitation to Assad any time for possible talks to restore relations.”
“What is the basis for the meeting? Would it be ending the reasons for the problem, which are supporting terrorism and withdrawing from Syrian lands?… This is the core of the problem.”
“If there were no discussion about the core of (the problem), what would such a meeting mean?”
Assad counted that “He would respond positively to any initiative aimed at improving bilateral ties but that the basis for such talks must be set first.”
Published in The International News
