Peskov: there are no agreements on a meeting between Erdogan and Assad in Russia, theoretically it is possible Theoretically, a meeting of the presidents of Turkey and Syria with the mediation of Russia is possible, but so far there are no such agreements. Earlier, Erdogan admitted that he would hold talks with Assad “when the time comes”
Dmitry Peskov
There are no agreements on the meeting of the leaders of Turkey and Syria Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad in Russia with the mediation of Vladimir Putin. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, reports TASS.
At the same time, Peskov admitted that theoretically such a meeting could take place.
Earlier on November 23, Erdogan did not rule out the possibility of negotiations with Assad, “when the time comes,” noting that now contacts between the two countries are maintained at the level of special services. Hurriyet newspaper wrote at the same time that the meeting of the two presidents could be mediated by Putin.
The President’s Special Representative for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said that the possibility of such a meeting in Russia “always exists”. According to him, Moscow had previously considered the possibility of organizing negotiations, but Ankara believes that “at the moment, the conditions for this have not yet matured”.
On November 20, Erdogan ordered to launch the operation “Claw-Sword” against the “Kurdistan Workers’ Party” (PKK, Ankara considers it a terrorist organization) in northern Syria and Iraq. Ankara called its goals the prevention of terrorist attacks against Turkish citizens and ensuring border security. According to the Turkish side, the PKK is responsible for the terrorist attack in the center of Istanbul on November 13. The Kurds deny their involvement in it. The Turkish Armed Forces have carried out airstrikes on territories that have been used by terrorists as a base for attacks on the country, Erdogan admitted that ground forces may be involved.
According to the Turkish president, the operation was launched due to Russia’s failure to fulfill its obligations to “clean up” the Syrian regions from terrorists according to the agreement of 2019. In response, the Kremlin pointed to “nuances” in the approaches of Ankara and Moscow to the situation in Syria and stated that Russia respects Turkey’s concerns about its own security.
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