Susan: Syria rejects Turkish regime’s excuses for launching aggression on its lands

Nur-Sultan (ST): A session of official talks was held in the Kazakh capital this morning between the delegations of the Syrian Arab Republic headed by Dr. Ayman Susan, the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates , and the delegation of the Russian Federation headed by Alexander Lavrentiev, the Russian President’s special envoy
to Syria.

During the talks, the developments of the situation in Syria in all its aspects were reviewed, in particular the excuses that the Turkish regime used to launch aggression on the Syrian territories.

The Assistant Minister of Foreign affairs and Expatriates affirmed Syria’s absolute rejection of the excuses used by the Turkish regime for aggression on its lands in order to achieve its expansionist ambitions.

Dr. Susan clarified that the Turkish regime’s aggressive threats constitute a flagrant violation of international law, contradict the understandings and outputs of the Astana process, constitute a serious threat to peace and security in the region and undermine all previous relevant understandings.

For his part, Lavrentiev stressed Russia’s full keenness on the sanctity and integrity of Syrian territory and the need to avoid any actions that violate Syrian sovereignty and lead to an escalation of the situation in the region, stressing that Russia will continue to
make all efforts to prevent the complication of the situation in Syria.

The meeting touched on a number of other topics, including joint efforts for the return of refugees and the delivery of humanitarian aid, as views were agreed on the need to continue joint coordination on these issues.
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