The three countries are striving for a solution mediated by the UN. They announced this following a top-level meeting in Tehran.
Russia, Iran and Turkey have called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in civil war Syria. At the summit meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, the heads of state agreed to safeguard Syria’s territorial integrity, according to a final summit statement released by Iran’s Presidential Office. A diplomatic solution mediated by the United Nations is being sought.
Other goals are to fight terrorism and to ease tensions in the rebel stronghold of Idlib. The suffering of the people in Syria should be ended as soon as possible so that refugees can also return to their country. The next meeting of the three states on Syria is scheduled to take place in Russia later this year.
The civil war in Syria began in 2011 with peaceful protests once morest which the government used violence. With the help of their allies Russia and Iran, the President’s supporters dominate Bashar al-Assad meanwhile once more a large part of the country. Ankara has been announcing a new offensive in northern Syria for weeks and has occupied areas in the north as a result of past military interventions. Russia and Iran recently warned Turkey once morest military action. Russia has been waging a war of aggression once morest its neighbor Ukraine since February and is supporting east Ukrainian separatists who have declared their independence.
In negotiations on the resumption of blocked grain supplies from Ukraine Putin progress. “With your help, we have moved forward,” Putin said to Erdogan, according to the Kremlin. Turkey is trying to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv. “Not all problems have been solved yet, but it is good that there is movement,” said Putin.
(WHAT/AFP)
