Bashar Assad’s condition to improve relations with Türkiye
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted Al-Mayadeen news site, Syrian President Bashar Assad after casting his vote in the election. The Syrian parliamentarian answered the journalists’ questions.
In response to a question about the return of relations between Damascus and Ankara to the normal path, he said that if the meeting with Turkish President Erdogan can lead to results or if convergence or divergence If a country is on the path of Syria’s interests, he will take a step on this path.
Assad continued that the problem is not in the meeting with Mr. Erdogan, but in the content of the meeting and the purpose of holding it.
Bashar Assad clarified that the first question that is raised is why the natural relations between the two countries 13 years ago went out of the normal process? We have not heard from any Turkish official who spoke openly about this.
The President of Syria, expressing his positive view towards any plan to improve relations, said that this is a natural issue and no one is looking for problems with their neighbors. But this does not mean that we do this without rules.
Assad pointed out that the meeting is a tool and the tool needs foundations and work rules, and the failure of this tool may lead us to worse conditions and more costs. let’s pay Syria agrees with these negotiations regardless of the level of the talks, and if a meeting is held with the Turkish side, we will announce it and there is nothing secret.
The president of Syria then raised the question whether this meeting could lead to the end of the problems caused by the support of terrorism and the withdrawal of Turkey from Syrian lands. ? He continued that no guarantees have been provided in this regard, but at the same time, Syria is following this process positively.
Fawad Hossein, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, has previously denied the existence of an initiative to hold a meeting between the presidents of Syria. And Turkey had informed in Baghdad. In an interview with the American “Al-Hura” network, on the sidelines of his trip to Washington, he announced that he is in contact with Turkish and Syrian officials for this purpose.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said earlier that Ankara has extended a hand of friendship to Damascus. expressed his desire to normalize relations with Syria. In this regard, he said: We are sending our invitation to Syrian President Bashar Assad, and this may happen at any moment.
Erdogan said: We hope to be able to restore Turkey-Syria relations to the situation they were in the past. Now we have reached a stage where if Bashar Assad takes a step to improve relations with Turkey, we will have a positive attitude towards him.
