The Iranian foreign ministry, through spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, has expressed concern for Turkey’s military intervention in Syria, defining it as an unacceptable violation of sovereignty and asking Turkey’s armed forces to withdraw from the country.
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However, fighting against terrorism and the attempts to maintain stability and security in the region are the main principles in the foreign policy of peace-loving regional countries, but the principles cannot justify violation of another country’s territorial integrity, Bahram Ghasemi, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, said.
A senior United States military official said on Tuesday that Washington had brokered a “loose agreement” between the two sides for an end to the fighting. Its troops and tanks are accompanied by Syrian rebels that it has long supported in their fight against the regime and its Iranian and Russian allies.
“The Turkish republic is a sovereign, legitimate state”, Celik said, adding Turkey could not be put on an equal footing with a “terrorist organization”, referring to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that Iran is anxious about continuation of Turkey’s presence and military operation in Syria’s soil.
“We do not accept in any circumstances a ‘compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey and Kurdish elements, ‘” European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik told state-run Anadolu news agency.
On August 24, Ankara announced that Turkish forces, backed by US-led coalition aircraft, had begun a military operation dubbed Euphrates Shield to clear the city of Jarabulus of Daesh (outlawed in Russia) fighters.
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“Any escalation of the conflicts in northern Syria will lead to the killing of more innocent civilians”.
