Turkey, who shares a 910 kilometre border with Syria, is taken into account a key ally of its new administration.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa on the presidential palace in Ankara in Turkey on Tuesday to debate Syria’s financial restoration and its safety and stability.
At a joint press convention following the assembly on the presidential palace, Al-Sharaa mentioned Turkey and Syria had been planning a “joint technique” to sort out safety threats to each nations.
“We mentioned the threats that may forestall the unity of Syrian lands in northeastern Syria,” the previous insurgent chief mentioned.
One of many threats to Turkey are the presence of Kurdish-led forces within the north of Syria.
Turkey views the Syrian Kurdish militias, who’re a part of the US-allied, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as an extension of the banned Kurdistan Staff’ Celebration. They’re urgent for the group to disband, and Turkish-backed fighters are battling the SDF in an try and push the Kurdish militias away from the Turkish border.
“We additionally mentioned the necessity for worldwide stress on Israel to withdraw from the buffer zone in southern Syria and implement the 1974 settlement,” he added.
Al-Sharaa was appointedas interim president final week. He was the previous chief of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) organisation, who lead the insurgents who toppled President Bashar Al-Assad in December.
It marked his second worldwide journey, following his latest go to to Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
Al-Sharaa was welcomed by the Erdoğan and a small group of the honour guards on the entrance of the presidential palace. It was a low-key ceremony in comparison with visits by different heads of state, who’re often acquired with army bands and troops escorting them.
Turkey was a powerful backer of teams opposing al-Assad through the 13-year civil conflict, and are due to this fact thought of a key ally to the brand new administration.
Turkey, who shares a 910 km border with Syria, has additionally hosted the best variety of Syrian refugees following the outbreak of the conflict in 2011, welcoming greater than 3.8 million individuals at its peak in 2022.
