Participants of the MSD panel said that Turkey legitimises the occupation of Syrian territory on the grounds of ‘security’ and that Ankara and Damascus have reached a consensus against the Autonomous Administration despite the contradictions between them.
The Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) and the Future of Syria Party organised a panel titled ‘The future of Syrians in the rapprochement between the Turkish state and the Damascus government’ in the Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsûd) neighbourhood of Aleppo. The panel was attended by members of political parties, civil society organisations, independent personalities and opinion leaders from Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah (Eşrefiyê) neighbourhoods.
‘The rapprochement between the Turkish state and the government in Damascus will deepen the crisis in Syria,’ said Mihemed Xerîr, Co-Chair of the MSD Aleppo Office.
Referring to the reasons for the Turkish state's insistence on rapprochement with the Damascus government, Mihemed Xerîr said: “Several influential files have impacted the Turkish state's attitude. One of them is the establishment of a democratic system on the Syrian border. The Arabs and Russia see this rapprochement as in their interests to get rid of the Syrian crisis.”
“Despite the growing contradictions between them, Damascus and Ankara have reached a consensus against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and democratic change in the region,’ Mihemed Xerîr said, referring to the common goals that will enable rapprochement between the Turkish state and the Damascus government.
Independent politician Abduleziz Hemdosh said: “The Turkish state does not build its relations with its neighbours on political principles, but on security principles. The recent security agreement with Iraq is proof of this. After the security crisis in 1998, the Turkish state signed the Adana Agreement with Syria. This agreement was only directed against the Kurdish people and the Kurdish cause.”
Mistefa Qelecî, Secretary General of the Change and Renaissance Party, said: “The international powers have no intention of ending the Syrian crisis, they only think about their own interests.”
Referring to the secret talks between the Turkish state and the Damascus government, Qelecî concluded: “The Turkish state and the government in Damascus are only focused on their own interests. They continue to negotiate among themselves without addressing the problems of the peoples.”
