{"id":12559,"date":"2017-12-16T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=12559"},"modified":"2017-12-16T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:42:24","slug":"russia-iran-turkey-agree-on-protecting-syria-integrity-fighting-terror-lavrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/russia-iran-turkey-agree-on-protecting-syria-integrity-fighting-terror-lavrov\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on protecting Syria integrity, fighting terror: Lavrov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow, Tehran and Ankara see eye to eye on the need to fight terrorism in Syria and maintain its territorial integrity despite pursuing different political agendas.<\/p>\n

In an address to Russia\u2019s\u00a0Federation Council, the\u00a0upper\u00a0house of the parliament,\u00a0on Friday, Lavrov hailed the intra-Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital, Astana, as a successful example of cooperation between Russia, Iran and Turkey to resolve the Syria conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the president [of Russia Vladimir Putin] has stated many times, our (the three states\u2019) goals and interests do not fully coincide,…our countries have different approaches to various aspects of the Syria issue, [but] we stand together when it comes to the need to defeat terrorism, preserve Syria\u2019s territorial integrity and harmonize relations between all of its ethnic and religious groups<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThese common interests ensure consistent and effective activities on the Astana platform<\/em>,\u201d the top Russian diplomat said, referring to the intra-Syrian peace process underway in the Kazakh capital with the mediation of Russia, Iran and Turkey.<\/p>\n

So far, seven rounds of the Astana talks have brought representatives from Syria\u2019s warring sides to the negotiating table in a bid to end the foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country, which broke out in March 2011.<\/p>\n

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Representatives of the Syrian government and opposition along with other attendees take part in the seventh round of the peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 31, 2017. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iran and Russia are allies of the Syrian government, while Turkey supports several anti-Damascus armed groups.<\/p>\n

The fourth round of the Astana discussions in May resulted in an agreement on four de-escalation zones across Syria, which have sharply\u00a0reduced\u00a0fighting in the conflict zones.<\/p>\n

The top Russian diplomat, however, did not elaborate on whether it was necessary to set up a permanent trilateral group on Syria, stressing that instead of \u201cbureaucratic\u201d bodies, there should be \u201cflexible coalitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the whole, current global problems are of\u00a0such a nature that fixed bureaucratic bodies are not needed. Instead of\u00a0them, flexible coalitions, which allow us to\u00a0react to\u00a0modern challenges in\u00a0a quick and effective way, are needed,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lavrov further emphasized that he is sure that the last remnants of\u00a0the Daesh terrorist group will be defeated completely in Syria.<\/p>\n

Backed by Iranian military advisors and Russian airpower, the Syrian armed forces managed to free their entire homeland from the Daesh terror group last month.<\/p>\n

In late November, the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey, which are acting as the guarantors of the Syria ceasefire, met in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.<\/p>\n

They reaffirmed their strong commitment to Syria\u2019s sovereignty, independence and unity and\u00a0agreed to hold the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi aimed at\u00a0bringing\u00a0together the opposite factions in Syria for peace talks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow, Tehran and Ankara see eye to eye on the need to fight terrorism in Syria and maintain its territorial integrity despite pursuing different political agendas. In an address to Russia\u2019s\u00a0Federation Council, the\u00a0upper\u00a0house of the parliament,\u00a0on Friday, Lavrov hailed the intra-Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital, Astana, as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12561,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559\/revisions\/12561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}