NEWS CENTER – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin renewed a joint commitment to work and coordinate together in Syria to fight “terrorism” after a lengthy meeting in Sochi on Friday, Reuters reported. Before Friday’s meeting, the Kremlin called on Turkey not to “destabilise” Syria.
After the meeting, in a joint statement, the two parties stressed the necessity of preserving the unity and integrity of the Syrian territory.
“The parties confirmed that they attach great importance to advancing the political process” in Syria, the statement added.
Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov Peskov told reporters that with regard to Syria, his country takes Turkey’s security concerns into account.
“It is important to avoid actions that could threaten the territorial integrity and political unity of Syria,” Peskov added.
Erdoğan has threatened to order new military operations in Syria to extend 30-km deep “safe zones” on the border. The plan, announced by Erdoğan in May, has drawn criticism from Russia, Iran and the United States. In this conjuncture the Russia state has announced that would be cooperating with the Syrian Regime forces and the SDF to stop any aggression from Turkey.
In the meeting, Energy and Ukraine files were the agenda as well.
