Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s Controversial Visit to Damascus
Russian Press Announced it as “World Coffee”
Russian news agency news.az made the headline “Hakan Fidan and Ahmed Shara visited Mount Kasjun, which Assad has banned from visiting for 14 years.” In the news, “As part of his visit to Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited Mount Kasyun, which offers a beautiful bird’s eye view of Damascus and has been prohibited to be visited by the Assad regime for 14 years. He drank coffee with Ahmed Shara. Hakan Fidan made important statements during his visit to Damascus. “He particularly stated that Ankara is determined to support Syria in the new period.” he said.
Interfax Russian news agency wrote that Hakan Fidan called for the rapid removal of sanctions against Syria.
IT WAS ALSO ON THE AGENDA OF THE EUROPEAN PRESS
France 24 channel announced the meeting with the words ‘Foreign Minister Fidan is in Damascus’. He gave extensive coverage to the details of the meeting in his publications.
German Zeit newspaper also carried Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s words as the headline: “There is absolutely no place for the terrorist organization PKK/YPG in Syria.”
He also touched upon Fidan’s call to the international community to “provide strong support to the new administration” for the reconstruction of Syria.
“THERE IS NO PLACE FOR PKK/YPG IN SYRIA”
Azerbaijani press stated that Fidan emphasized the territorial integrity of Syria and highlighted the statement “There is no place for PKK/YPG in Syria.” These explanations were also discussed in the evaluations made with expert guests from Turkey.
CHINESE TELEVISIONS ALSO TALKED ABOUT
The meeting was also on the agenda of Chinese State Television. Foreign Minister Fidan’s message, “The terrorist organization PKK/YPG must dissolve itself as soon as possible” and his reaction to Israel’s violations in Syrian territory were highlighted.
