Tehran against Turkey-proposed safe zone in Syria
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By Trend
Tehran says it is against setting up a safe zone in the war-torn
country of Syria as was recently proposed by Turkey.
“This idea of Turkey is wrong and will worsen the problems. We do
not accept it,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi
told a press conference, Trend correspondent reported from the
event.
The response came one week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan told an audience in Bahrain that he wants to create a “safe
zone” near Raqqa, Syria.
Erdogan said the safe zone would encompass 3,475 square miles and
include the Syrian town of Manbij, which was taken from the Islamic
State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) in August by Syrian Kurds working
closely with the U.S. military.
Commenting on Tehran-Moscow cooperation over the Syrian crisis,
Qassemi said, “We are in the best mode of cooperation and have had
no disagreement during the Astana talks,” without commenting on
Tehran-Ankara relations over developments in Syria.
Last week Iran, Turkey, and Russia attended a round of talks in
Kazakhstan’s Astana to discuss how to safeguard an ongoing
ceasefire in Syria.
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