Look who met 3 weeks ago to discuss and make plans for Syria - Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani

[babylonsister]

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Look who met 3 weeks ago to discuss and make plans for Syria – Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani
Mark Lippman
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Thursday October 10, 2019 · 10:03 AM EDT



Vladimir Putin with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani at the Trilateral summit on Syria held in Ankara on September 16, 2019


Ironically, we have to turn to the Kremlin’s English-language website for information on the Trilateral summit on settlement in Syria held in Ankara, Turkey on September 16, 2019.

en.kremlin.ru/…

At the link, there are additional links onward to press statements and a 14-point Syria plan agreed by Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani at the meeting.

The Kurds weren’t invited to the summit and they weren’t mentioned directly but it’s clear that the three leaders agreed to deal with them in some unspecified way to guarantee Syria’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty.

From the 14-point statement released jointly by Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani (my italics added):

2. Emphasized their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic . . .

4. Discussed the situation in the northeast of Syria, emphasized that security and stability in this region can only be achieved on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country and agreed to coordinate their efforts to this end.

5. Rejected in this regard all attempts to create new realities on the ground under the pretext of combating terrorism, including illegitimate self-rule initiatives, and expressed their determination to stand against separatist agendas aimed at undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria as well as threatening the national security of neighboring countries.

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None of it makes much sense unless you accept the fact that Putin is calling the shots. Everywhere.

[spanone]

1. K&R...👍🏼

[Thomas Hurt]

2. America First seems to mean ignore our adversaries and let them do what they want.

[Iliyah]

3. Israel should be very worried.

Kurds at least kept many Isis in check . . .

[Leghorn21]

4. Well, the US was there in spirit, apparently

The US shared intelligence with Turkey that may have helped it target the Kurds in Syria

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-shared-intelligence-turkey-may-have-aided-attack-on-kurds-2019-10

[mitch96]

5. Ok boys, your work is cut out for you.......

Putin? Have your boy get rid of the US troops and their nosy drones..
Erdogan? Attack the Kurds and get them out of there...
Rouhani? You stir up the shit as you do that so well...
I think we are gonna make a shit ton of money here....
Ok, boys lets get to it........

m

[brush]

6. I guess afterwards trump was told what to do doing his phone call with Erdogan. And I wonder if...

they got around to telling Assad?

There has been no reporting at all on Assad/Syria reacting to Turkey invading their northern border.

Putin probably told him to stand down as it would just be a small part of his country, sorta like Crimea was just a litte sliver of Ukraine that would hardly be missed.

[Buckeyeblue]

7. Oil!

[Captain Zero]

8. Looking like the Iranian moves in the gulf were to

See if Putin could control Trumps impulsiveness. All that talk of Trump blowing up Iran. Not while they are Putin's buddy.