The Turkish foreign Minister spoke about the negotiations with Russia on Idlib
Russia and Turkey continue to collaborate to develop a final agreement on the Syrian Idlib. About it in interview to "Izvestiya" told the head of the Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Russia and Turkey continue to collaborate to develop a final agreement on the Syrian Idlib. About it in interview to "Izvestiya" told the head of the Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
He noticed that the next contacts with Russia and Turkey will show whether the need countries another meeting.
As told Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogdanov, He nourishes the hope that the dialogue with Turkey will prove to be effective.
before foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian Federation and Turkey continue contacts in Idlib and trying to find ways of implementation of the agreements.
As stated by the Turkish media, Ankara insists on maintaining observation posts of his troops in Idlib.
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he tried to convince his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to exert pressure on the President of the Syrian Republic Assad to the Syrian army stopped an offensive in the area and withdrew in February from the Turkish observation posts. Otherwise, Ankara threatened military response.
Lavrov drew attention that Turkey failed to fulfill several key commitments to address issues around the Syrian Idlib. For example, she didn't and the armed opposition that is ready to dialogue with the government during the political process, from the terrorists "dzhebhat an-Nusra" *, which mimic in "Hayat Tahrir al-sham" *. For his part, Vice-President of Turkey Fuat oktay spoke a statement that, taken on their own shoulders obligations of Idlib, the country has implemented.
The Syrian army has established supervision over the entire road to Damascus-Aleppo (M5), the only exception is a small area near the town of Maaret al Nuuman, blocked by the Turkish military.
in may 2017 at the talks in Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed on the establishment of 4 areas of de-escalation. 3 of them in 2018 under the supervision of Syrian authorities. The fourth area located in the district of Idlib and parts of neighboring provinces of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo, until now not controlled by Damascus.
A large part of captured terrorists "dzhebhat an-Nusra" *. In September 2018 Moscow and Ankara in the negotiations in Sochi agreed on the development of the demilitarized zone in Idlib, where there are more than ten different formations.
*Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization
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