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Syrian source: Turkey and Syria are negotiating on some issues


According to a Syrian military official, talks are under way with Turkey on some issues and some progress has been made, according to a Syrian military official.

Major Haidar Javad is the head of the Syrian negotiating team with Turkey. He told Sputnik that the focus of the talks was on issues east of the Euphrates, and that the two sides were discussing the Turkish military presence, Kurdish militant-held areas and the presence of a US-led international anti-ISIL coalition.

He cited the implementation of the Adena Agreement between Turkey and Syria (signed on October 20, 1998) as another focus of the talks, and said that progress had been made and that he hoped that the crisis between the two countries would be resolved.

In an interview with NTV last September, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoوlu said that talks with Syria were underway at the level of special and intelligence services. Shortly afterwards, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad denied any talks with Ankara.

Syria has repeatedly stated that the Adena agreement could be a good platform for resolving the crisis with Turkey, but it has repeatedly violated the agreement by continuing to invade Syrian territory. An agreement that Erdogan once allegedly claimed allowed the Turkish military to enter Syrian territory. The President of the Republic of Turkey had claimed in the city of Erzurum on February 25, 2017 that the presence of Turkey in Syria is legal according to the agreement with Syria known as “Adena”.

Under the agreement, signed between Turkey and Syria on October 20, 1998, under Iranian and Egyptian supervision, the two countries pledged to prevent terrorist groups from entering each other’s territory, and the Turkish military was allowed to suppress terrorist groups only to a depth of five. To enter Syrian territory one kilometer and at the same time be able to take the necessary security measures in the event of a threat to its national security.

However, Turkey has conducted three large-scale operations on Syrian soil in recent years, occupying large areas in northern and northeastern Syria under the pretext of fighting Kurdish militants.

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