(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Foreign Minister
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said he had a quick word with his Syrian
counterpart on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement meeting in
Belgium, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
'We need to bring the opposition and Regime together for
reconciliation somehow, there will be no permanent peace
otherwise,' he said.
Çavuşoğlu highlighted the necessity of a strong central
administration to prevent the disintegration of Syria and this
would only be possible with unity.
The brief encounter marks the first time the top Turkish
diplomat interacted with a Syrian official, as Türkiye has been
backing moderate opposition groups against the Bashar Assad regime
since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Also, Turkish
forces carried out several cross-border operations to clear its
border from the occupation of the PKK terrorist group's Syrian
affiliate, the YPG, and the Daesh terrorist group in order to
provide national border security and create a stable environment
for local people living near Turkish borders.
In July, Turkey, Russia and Iran pledged to maintain cooperation
in Syria to decisively defeat Daesh and other terrorists.
The Astana meeting was initiated by Turkey, Iran and Russia to
bring the warring sides in Syria together to find a permanent
solution to the decadelong war. The main agenda items have been the
constitutional system, political transition, security and
resettlement. The first Astana meeting was held in Turkey in
January 2017 to facilitate United Nations-sponsored peace talks in
Geneva.
A U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in December 2015
unanimously endorsed a road map to peace in Syria that was approved
in Geneva on June 30, 2012, by representatives of the U.N., the
Arab League, the European Union, Turkey and all five permanent
Security Council members – the United States, Russia, China, France
and Britain.
It calls for a Syrian-led political process starting with the
establishment of a transitional governing body, followed by the
drafting of a new constitution and ending with U.N.-supervised
elections. The resolution says the free and fair elections should
meet“the highest international standards” of transparency and
accountability, with all Syrians – including members of the
diaspora – eligible to participate.
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