Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Türkiye’s contacts with Syria has been going on for a while on every level as Ankara signalled more progress in normalization. “We hope (Syrian regime) will value President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for peace,” he said at a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Sunday.
Fidan, who is expected to meet Syria Bashar al Assad in near future, stated that Türkiye would not abandon the Syrian opposition it supported for years while mending ties with Syria. “We won’t change our stance on Syrian opposition, we cannot forget sacrifice they made against terrorism, we won’t abandon them,” he told reporters in Istanbul.
He said Türkiye would neither expel Syrian refugees it hosted and said they can return to their country only voluntarily.
Fidan welcomed Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Sunday for a meeting. Two top diplomats, who were received by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan earlier in Istanbul, held a joint news conference and lauded their countries’ heightened bilateral ties. Main theme of their meeting was Palestine-Israel conflict. Two men, who together engaged in global diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict and immediate humanitarian aid delivery, renewed their support for a fair peace process.
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