How Turkey reacts to the military presence of the Russian Federation in Syria: the official position — World

Ankara does not support foreign troops that remain in Syria, be they Russian or American soldiers.

Turkey does not support the presence of foreign military bases on the territory of Syria, particularly Russian ones.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said this in an interview with France 24 channel.

The head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ankara does not support foreign troops that remain in Syria, whether they are Russian or American soldiers.

“This is a matter for the Syrian people, they have to decide for themselves. If they reach an agreement, it's their decision. So we'll see. But as far as we can see now, the Russians are in the process of redeploying their troops. We don't know how many of them will remain at the bases in Syria after completion of this process,” the minister emphasized.

Fidan also drew attention to the fact that the US, on the contrary, increased…