Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. Sputnik / Alexey Filippov
Moscow welcomes a plan by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that calls for Russian-Turkish-Syrian talks, a senior Russian diplomat said on December 16.
Speaking to journalists a day earlier, Erdogan revealed a plan to normalize Turkey’s ties with the Syrian government with help from Russia. The president voiced his readiness to meet with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, after initial meetings between intelligence officers, then defense and foreign ministers of the two countries.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who is also special representative of the Russian president for the Middle East and Africa, described Erdogan’s plan as “positively.”
The senior diplomat revealed that Russia has been in talks with Damascus to arrange a meeting between Erdogan and Assad.
“We always welcome bringing relations between sovereign neighbors back to normal and this has been repeatedly mentioned at all levels,” Bogdanov told journalists.
Ankara cut all ties with Damascus after the outbreak of the war in Syria and later became the main backer of the rebels. Today, its military occupies vast parts of the country’s northern region.
Russia has been pushing for a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria for a while now. Earlier this year, senior intelligence officials from the two countries held a series of meetings.
Erdogan expressed his willingness to meet with Assad, whom he worked to overthrow for more than a decade, on several occasions in the last few months. However, according to recent reports, Damascus believes that such a meeting should be only held after the upcoming general elections in Turkey.
Turkey’s needs for a rapprochement with Syria became clear after the November 13 Istanbul bombing. Ankara blamed the terrorist attack, which killed six, on Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, namely the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG).
The Turkish military launched an air operation, codenamed Claw-Sword, against the PKK and the YPG on November 20. Erdogan wanted to further develop the operation with a ground offensive in northern Syria against a coalition led by the YPG known as the Syrian Democratic Forces. However, the objection of both Russia and the United States, who maintains troops in the region, put his plans to a halt.
A rapprochement with Syria could give Turkey the support it needs to go with full force against Kurdish forces on its border. In addition, it would help Erdogan address the issue of some 3,6 million Syrian refugees in Turkey before the elections. Nevertheless, Damascus does not appear to be too enthusiastic about cooperating with its former ally, Turkey, once again, especially that Ankara seems unwilling to give up on its expansionist ambitions in Syria.
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Is it idiocy to try to stop the wars in the Middle East.
Is it best to let them continue with their traditions where they are and prevent them from transmitting this disease to central Europe.
It is enough that one of the Middle Eastern religions has managed to make war in Ukraine.
The only disease thats been transmitted is the disease of rabid European and American Imperialism and neo colonialism to the middle east.
The Jews are in power in America and Europe and are responsible for the misery in other countries.
Also in the Middle East where the Jews came from.
abu lahab is in power of your alter ego.
Missing dick? All muslims are sissy twinks. Being cum dumped in the ass is their ultimate ecstasy. That is why you always see shitskins waiving rainbow flags and they always go into the same gathering of LGBTQ trannies. 🏳️🌈🇵🇰🖕🇵🇰🏳️🌈🖕🇵🇰🏳️🌈🖕🇵🇰🏳️🌈🖕🇵🇰🏳️🌈🖕
Get off the smack,deadset your going nowhere with your loser bum cia;globohomo pranks!
abu lahab was idiocy that you should learn from.
You tend to think that Muslims are fighting among themselves. We are now divided into two camps: Pro-America vs. Anti-America. Pro-American Muslims are hypocrites by any Islamic standards. Without overcoming them, we cannot liberate the Muslim world. America no longer has the power to militarily subjugate us without cooperation of these hypocrites like Sisi, MBZ, etc. They want a peaceful resolution to the Libyan war so that Egypt is not forced to intervene and risk Sisi’s regime stability. They are doing everything to help Egypt avoid a Libyan quacmire that’s all but certain to topple Sisi. So, we see this urgency in the U.N to solve the Libyan crisis. But Erdogan gives Sisi two options only:
1. Allow the GNU to destroy Haftar’s forces, seize back control of Libya, and establish a free and fair democracy.
2. Intervene to protect Haftar and risk a long-term quacmire worse than Saudi’s Yemen.
Both options are existantial threats to the Sisi. The first will likely bring Muslim Brotherhood to power, and they can take revenge against Sisi.
You Muslims can sometimes band together against an external enemy, but at the same time, Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims and other Muslims kill each other on a large scale.
Not without reason that the world’s most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, does not want Middle Eastern conditions.
Blaming the Europeans is not correct as they have recently arrived in historical times.
For over 70 years, Europe has provided aid, built schools and hospitals and paid public officials to create peace. Killing western aid workers is the thank you.
That was then this is now,no one wants your lgbtq mentally diseased fascist parasites, FIXED! Geta life dud muslim fake heart!
The only thing the Turks need to do is stop supporting those head hacking maniacs and get out of Syria.
Is impossible and against their religion to do what you say.
Islam has big goals and you can get this confirmed by The Objective and his friends here at SF.
Is liberating Muslim lands a big goal. What would you do if America were causing all this mayhem in Europe? We just want to break free of America’s grip. Every move by Sisi, Haftar, UAE, Saudi, is designed in the U.S regardless of their vociferous claims of neutrality in Libya, Yemen, or Egypt. They are the mastermind behind every single move by the counter-revolutionary forces. All they want is to restore or at least maintain the status quo to protect this fake and worthless paper callede the dollar. If the U.A.E, Egypt, & Saudi puppets are toppled, the petrodollar will be gone in less than a decade. This is why Turkey is such a massive threat to America. Erdogan threatens the very survival of the U.S economy in ways that both China and Russia does not.
Allah(swt) made Heaven seem so repulsive that Angels(as) feared noone would enter it, and hell so attractive that Angels(as) feared everyone would enter it.
#ExactlyWhatsHappeningInEurope
Fascinating, please tell us more. Also where can we by your book?
It is not about liberating Muslim countries, but about conquering new land for Muslims.
Islam is the youngest of the Middle Eastern religions and when the Arabs attacked Egypt, destruction and misery followed.
Burning the Library of Alexandria was the greatest loss to mankind.
Muslim mafia leaders know that education and knowledge are Islam’s greatest enemy and must be destroyed and the illiterate allow themselves to be ruled willingly.
Now that the Muslims have destroyed the countries they now control, they are now looking to Eastern and Western Europe.
“Blaming Europeans is not correct as they have recently arrived in historical times” Really? Since when is the year 1095 or 1291 recent? That’s when the Crusades started and the 2nd Crusade…and who were the Crusaders? When did Europe attain higher mathematics?…the concept of ‘zero’? When it comes to religious fascism, nothing exceeds the cruelty on ones own people during the Spanish Inquisition. Where is such a thing in Islam?
Christianity was born in the Middle East and not all Europeans are Christians.
You ask who were the crusaders.
They were some sick Europeans who practiced a Middle Eastern religion.
All Middle Eastern religions bring war and misery, and none of their followers can be called aid workers.
European crusaders were a small minority and they used many Muslim mercenaries to kill other Muslims on their crusades.
Arab historical discovery happened before Islam was made by illiterates.
You fool no one gimp,infact it is the lgbtq /eugeddonists of soros need be gone, FIXED! =Z=
You should change your name to abu lahab.
My nick is fine enough and if you know Arabic, you know what I mean, what your prophet and god are.
What the hell are you ranting about?
Iran, Russia, and Syria should give their Countries to Turkiye to manage, is the only best scenario I can think of atm.
But you’re not that good at thinking. If you had been, you would be an atheist.
Im just thinking that orthodox christianity are second rate western christians.
Fullovit,only the truth brings results,decent christians make better scietists,not nazi duds of cias! =Z= hypersonic your lame godless gutless lifes.
In earlier European times you were killed if you said you were an atheist.
This is practiced today in Muslim countries.
If there had been a secret referendum, many would be surprised at how many atheists there are among Muslims.
In Europe, former Muslims have formed their own associations that work for public education.
In Europe it can be done without being killed.
USAs kepoot!