Damascus: (Shadesofgalaxy) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Syria and stop supporting opposition groups.
According to the news agency, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has responded to Syria’s growing understanding with Ankara, saying that after Ankara’s political and political support for Bashar al-Assad during the 12-year civil war, Syria and Turkey Relations between He became a major supporter of the armed opposition and sent his troops into large parts of the north.
Russia, which has mediated between Damascus and Ankara, hosted talks between its defense ministers last month aimed at paving the way for meetings between the foreign ministers and then-presidents Bashar al-Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Which had to be smoothed out.
Bashar al-Assad said during a meeting with Russian presidential diplomat Alexander Lavrentiev in Damascus that talks with Turkey “must be based on the goals of ending the occupation of Syrian territory and ending support for Turkey.”
In addition, he said that meetings between Syria and Russia should be coordinated in advance to achieve specific results that Syria wants.
Foreign ministers are expected to meet in early February for the highest-level talks between Ankara and Damascus since Syria’s war began in 2011, with Iran, Syria’s other key ally, watching the reconciliation closely.
