JUST IN: TURKEY PRESIDENT ERDOGAN OFFICIALLY STATEMENT
“There is now a new political and diplomatic reality in Syria. And Syria belongs to the Syrians with all its ethnic, sectarian and religious elements.
It is the Syrian people who will decide the future of their own country.
We are aware that the separatist terrorist organization is acting with the eagerness to seize logs from the flood.
I would like it to be known that, as Türkiye, we will not allow any move that would endanger our national security and interests.
It would be best for our entire region if all responsible actors and all international organizations support the preservation of Syria's territorial integrity.
The Syrian lands are saturated with war, blood and tears.
Our Syrian brothers and sisters deserve freedom, security, and the ability to live in peace in their own homeland.
Turkey's sole aim is the welfare and well-being of the Syrian people, in all their segments.
This has always been our aim as we opened our doors to our brothers fleeing massacre and oppression and as we reached out to find a solution to the Syrian crisis.
But the Damascus regime could not grasp the value of the hand Turkey extended and could not understand what it meant.
Today, just as it was yesterday, Türkiye is on the right side of history.
We want to see a Syria where peace and tranquility prevail; where no one is excluded, no one is subject to oppression, no one's rights and freedoms are violated, no one is subject to oppression, and different identities live side by side in peace, regardless of whether they are Arabs, Turkmens, Kurds, Alevis, Sunnis, Nusayris or Christians.
We hope and wish that we will see such a Syria in the very near future.”
Mike