Türkiye says meeting on Syria at level of heads of states likely this year
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that a meeting on Syria at the level of heads of states will most likely be held this year.
In a televised interview, Cavusoglu said in the next stage after Wednesday’s quadrilateral meeting on Syria between Ankara, Moscow, Tehran and Damascus, “it plans to hold a meeting at the level of heads of state.”
“That will very likely be done in 2023,” he added.
Regarding the upcoming foreign ministerial-level meeting on Syria in Russia’s capital Moscow, Cavusoglu said the talks will start on Wednesday morning and there will be bilateral talks as well. Iran has confirmed that it will participate at the ministerial level.
“The primary purpose of this engagement is the revival of the political process. Without this process and a political solution, the conflict in the country may continue for decades,” he said.
Additionally, this engagement is “vitally important” for Syrians in Türkiye to return to their home, he said.
Also, another agenda item of the meeting is to fight against “terrorists” in the region, he said, adding the fight against Daesh and Kurdish “terrorist” organizations is very important for both Türkiye and Syria.
He added that there are topics to be touched upon in the meeting, such as humanitarian issues, and it is necessary to cooperate with the regime on these issues.
Besides, reiterating Türkiye’s efforts toward normalization of relations with Armenia, Cavusoglu said their aim is to contribute to the peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Asked about the inauguration of the “Nemesis Monument” in the Armenian capital Yerevan, he said with the monument, Armenia once again showed that “it is not sincere in the normalization process.”
The monument is dedicated to the perpetrators of assassinations against the Ottoman political and military leaders in the early 1920s, as well as the Azerbaijani officials of the time and even some Ottoman citizens of Armenian origin, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Cavusoglu also emphasized that it is “not acceptable to erect the statue of terrorists who martyred diplomats, Ottoman and Azerbaijani officials.”
Türkiye warned Armenia that it will take “the necessary steps” if they do not remove the statue, he said.
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