Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Tuesday agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said. Recently, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said that neither Ankara nor its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally the U.S. informed the UN Security Council of the illegal oil trade with IS terrorists on Turkish territory, despite being bound to do that by a February resolution.
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“During the crisis, Turkish interference in Syria’s internal affairs took many forms, including direct involvement of the regime of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, the Turkish armed forces in offensive military operations in support of terrorists”, he noted.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member Turkey is among the 34 nations named by Saudi Arabia as part of its so-called anti-terrorism alliance of Muslim nations announced two weeks ago.
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Along with Saudi Arabia, the coalition reportedly includes Pakistan, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia, Djibouti, Sudan, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania and Yemen, in addition to 13 African states. Al-Jubeir also said that the killing of prominent Syrian opposition leader Zahran Alloush the commander of Jaysh Al-Islam group in an airstrike last week does not serve the peace process in Syria. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are strong backers of the rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is supported by Russian Federation and Iran. He expressed skepticism on ongoing diplomatic efforts to bring about a political settlement to the conflict, repeating Turkey’s long-sought demand on the ouster of Assad at the end of any transitional period.
Erdogan said his government and Saudi Arabia are working “in solidarity and consultation” to find a political solution for Syria, as both countries push for an agreement that would remove Assad from power.
“You can not go anywhere by supporting a regime that has mercilessly killed 400,000 innocent people with conventional and chemical weapons”, Erdogan said, according to the Associated Press, hinting at Russian Federation.
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Erdogan’s visit to the Saudi kingdom is the third this year.
