On October 16, Canada condemned the Turkish aggression on Syrian territory and said that this action threatens security and stability in the region.
“Canada strongly condemns Turkey’s military incursion into Syria and considers that this unilateral act threatens to destabilize an already fragile region,” the Canadian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Canadian government also announced that it had suspended the issuance of new arms export permits to the Turkish regime.
A number of Western countries, including Spain, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, have already decided to freeze exports of arms and military equipment to the Turkish regime.
The Czech Parliament condemned the Turkish aggression and called on Prime Minister Andrei Babich to work through the European Union to adopt economic and political measures that force the Turkish regime to stop this aggression.
The Czech Parliament’s Deputy SpeakerVojtech Philippe said that there is no doubt thatthe Turkish offensive is a violation of international humanitarian law.
The Czech Culture Minister LubomirZaoralek said talk of an arms embargo on Turkey was not enough and that the time had come for the EU to stand firm and have its own foreign and security policy.
The Czech Top 09 Party condemned the Turkish aggression and called for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory.
O. al-Mohammad