The Syrian President explained the conditions for normalization with Turkey: EADaily

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad explained on Sunday the principle adopted by Damascus regarding initiatives regarding Syrian-Turkish relations, the Syrian SANA agency reported today, August 25.

In his speech to the People’s Assembly (parliament) at the opening of its regular session, Assad said:

“The current situation is a global crisis and its impact on us forces us to act faster to fix what can be fixed, giving away the pain of the wounds given earlier, so we have considered initiatives to improve relations with Turkey that have been put forward. not only with Russia, Iran and Iraq.

With every day that passed without progress, damage accumulated not only on the Syrian side, but also on the Turkish side, we went ahead with these campaigns from our principles and interests, which usually do not conflict between neighboring countries, if the intentions are harmless, sovereignty and security are not at risk,” – added the president.

According to him, international law is consistent with the principles of all parties that are serious about the restoration of relations, and the fight against terrorism is a common interest of all sides.

“We did not live in a neighboring country to leave, and we did not support terrorism to stop support, and the solution is to admit everything and recognize the problems. How can we solve a problem that we do not see the real reasons, and the restoration of relationships requires first eliminating the reasons that caused the destruction, and that we do not give up any of our rights. “ – he said.

“Syria has always emphasized the need for Turkey to withdraw from the areas it occupies and stop supporting terrorism. Now comes the stage of creating foundations and principles, because success is what determines success in the future, and the statements of Turkish officials are baseless, sovereignty is our criterion. – Assad emphasized.