Russia, Turkey and Iran to continue cooperation to ‘eliminate terrorists’ in Syria
July 20, 2022, 6:56 am

Russia, Turkey and Iran to continue cooperation to ‘eliminate terrorists’ in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meet in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022. (Reuters)

Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday (July 19) vowed to continue their cooperation to “eliminate terrorists” in Syria, in a trilateral statement after their presidents met in Tehran, Alarabiya English reported, citing the AFP.

The statement read that the three countries “reaffirmed the determination to continue their ongoing cooperation in order to ultimately eliminate terrorist individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.”

They “expressed their opposition to the illegal seizure and transfer of oil revenues that should belong to Syria”.

They also “rejected all attempts to create new realities on the ground under the pretext of combating terrorism, including illegitimate self-rule initiatives, and expressed their determination to stand against separatist agendas” in Syria.

The trilateral statement was released after Erdogan urged his Russian and Iranian counterparts to back his efforts to fight “terrorism” in Syria.

It comes after he has lately repeatedly threatened to launch a military offensive against a semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in Syria's oil-rich northeast.

Turkey has launched waves of attacks on Syria since 2016, targeting the Kurdish fighters as well as ISIS group extremists.

It has also supported Syrian rebels against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Iran and Russia are also involved in Syria's conflict, but support, rather than oppose, Assad.

Erdogan said at the summit: “It should be understood clearly that there is no room in our region's future for separatist terror organizations."

He added: “We will continue our fight against terrorist organizations in the time to come.”

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had however told the Turkish leader in a pre-summit meeting that a new Turkish offensive against the Kurds in Syria would be “detrimental” for the region.

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He called for the issue to be resolved through dialogue between Ankara, Damascus, Moscow and Tehran.

It was not immediately clear whether the trilateral statement at the end of the summit reflected any alteration in Iran's position on a Turkish offensive.

Source: alarabiyaenglish

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