The Kremlin responded to the call of Erdogan to leave Syria
. Russia is the only country whose Soldiers are in the Syrian Arab Republic on legal grounds, reminded the press-Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov in the " Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin "broadcast TV channel" Russia 1 ".
. Russia is the only country whose Soldiers are in the Syrian Arab Republic on legal grounds, reminded the press-Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov in the " Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin "broadcast TV channel" Russia 1 ".
So the Commissioner of the Kremlin said the Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who yesterday tried to persuade President Vladimir Putin to leave Ankara "one on one" with the Syrian authorities.
Peskov said that the Russian Federation acts in the region at the request of the legitimate Syrian government.
Press Secretary of the Russian leader drew attention that the Syrian military confrontation with the terrorists, which Turkey has pledged to deactivate during the Sochi agreements. He Also showed that the terrorists in the Syrian Arab Republic strike on Russian military installations.
"for this reason, no matter what the application, the fight against these terrorist elements will continue," Peskov said.
in addition, the representative of the Kremlin told that at the forthcoming decade in Moscow to be held the meeting of Putin and Erdogan. On it the Russian and Turkish leaders will compare their points of view with respect to the implementation of the Sochi agreements and clarify which first taken on their own shoulders obligations, " the parties are obliged to perform ".
for reviews Peskov, the meeting will be difficult.
The situation escalated on February 27, when militants from the terrorist group "Hayat Tahrir al-sham" * attempted to attack the positions of Syrian army in the area of residential settlements Begun. In the end, retaliatory air attacks lost their lives, 33 Turkish military, which, according to Ankara, this area may not have been. The Russian side has taken measures for the complete cessation of fire from the Syrian side and evacuate the dead and wounded.
Then Turkey launched land and air strikes on the positions of Syrian troops. In Ankara called the incident "an attack" on NATO and requested a meeting at the level of ambassadors of member countries of the Commonwealth. The state Department stressed their support for Turkey as a NATO ally.
then the Syrian command announced the closure of airspace over Idlib. In the appeal it was explained that any aircraft that will notice in this region, perceive as hostile and shot down. Later, SANA known that Sarakeb shot down a Turkish drone.
on Sunday it was announced that the Turkish military shot down 2 aircraft of the Syrian air force. The pilots successfully ejected.
in the beginning of the year the Syrian army launched an offensive in Idlib and Aleppo in connection with daily attacks by terrorists residential areas, the result of which took the life of dozens of civilians. For a month, Assad's troops managed to release more than 600 square kilometers, the largest city of Maaret al Nuuman and M5 (Damascus - Aleppo). Against the background of escalation in the region, Ankara and some of its partners have accused Damascus and Moscow in attacks against humanitarian targets.
in Russia and Syria has repeatedly stressed that the cause of instability in the region - the actions of terrorists. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted 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 terrorists.
So, in the Russian-Turkish Memorandum dated September 18, 2018 agreed at the meeting between President Putin and President Erdogan, has spoken about maintaining the status quo in the presence of the Turkish military, but subject to withdrawal from Iglinskiy areas of de-escalation all terrorist radical groups of up to fifteen October 2018. Also covered will be taken "effective measures to ensure a sustainable cessation of hostilities" within the borders of this zone. Paragraph seven of the Memorandum foresees the joint Russian-Turkish patrols in the area.
for its part, the head of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad has said that Damascus will continue the liberation of the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, despite the reactions in Turkey.
*Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.
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