ISTANBUL — Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed
on Monday that Turkish forces will not withdraw from Syria, saying, "We
cannot leave Syria now because we are fighting terrorism there."
اضافة اعلان
He added that
Assad, "wants Turkey to leave Syria, and
this is not possible."
Following Erdogan's re-election in May, the spokesperson for
the
Turkish Presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, indicated that "there are three
important issues for Turkey in Syria, which are fighting terrorism, the
return of refugees to their homeland, and the continuation of negotiations between the
authority and the opposition." Khaberni News reported.
No meetings in sight
President Erdogan also addressed the possibility of a
meeting with Syrian President
Bashar Al-Assad, indicating that such a meeting
depends on Assad's stance towards Turkey.
Deputy foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, Iran, and Syria
held several meetings with the aim of normalizing relations between Damascus
and Ankara. However, the Syrian presidency refuses to hold an official meeting
between the two presidents unless
Ankara meets Damascus' demands, which include
withdrawing from north-western Syrian territories and ceasing support to armed
factions.
Reverse diaspora
During his victory speech delivered from the balcony of the
Presidential Complex in Ankara, Erdogan affirmed that "the voluntary
return project, through the construction of residential units in
north-western Syria, will enable the return of one million Syrian refugees from Turkey within
three years."
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