Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on August 5 at the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi, the Turkish Presidency announced on Tuesday.
The two leaders last met in Tehran on July 19, three days before the signing of an agreement between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations that allowed the resumption of Ukraine’s grain trade via the Black Sea, which has prevented it from starting. Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The coordination center will be officially opened in Istanbul on Wednesday.
This surprise meeting on the shores of the Black Sea also came when the Turkish president has threatened since May to launch an offensive into northeastern Syria, establish a 30km security zone on its border and drive Kurdish fighters away from the Kurdistan Workers Party. (PKK). ) and its allies.
The Kurdistan Workers Party is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the USA and the European Union.
Erdogan was determined to carry out such an attack in Tehran, despite repeated opposition from President Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raissi, who supported the auxiliary militias in the region.
However, the three heads of state signed a joint statement tacitly supporting Turkey and rejecting “all legitimate attempts at self-determination”.
They also expressed their “will to oppose separatist ambitions that could undermine Syria’s sovereignty and integrity” and to threaten the security of neighboring countries with “cross-border attacks and infiltrations”.
source: Noticias
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