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Turkey says not siding with anyone on Syria, policy different from Iran, Russia, US

ANKARA – Turkey does not stand with or against any country on Syria and its policy in the region is different from that of Iran, Russia and the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday.

 

The comments by Bozdag, the government spokesman, were in response to a reporter's question about an earlier remark from French President Emmanuel Macron, who said Turkey's support of missile strikes against Syria showed it had "separated" from Russia.

 

The United States, Britain and France fired more than 100 missiles at Syria on Friday in a "one-time shot" the Pentagon said followed evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack using at least chlorine gas.

 

"Turkey's Syria policy isn't to stand with or against any country. There is no change to the policy Turkey has been carrying out," Bozdag told reporters in Qatar.

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.16.18, 11:15