Turkey and the United Kingdom in conversation about Syria's future
Turkey has long supported various groups that have been struck to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's regime, which ruled the country with an iron hand until December last year when the Islamic HTS rebels took power. The Turkish government is said to have close ties to the new board in Syria, with transitional president Ahmed Al-Sharaa at the forefront. The Turks have, among other things, offered to train and equip the country's defense forces and to help with the reconstruction of Syrian cities.
On Monday, talks are expected to be held in Turkey's capital Ankara together with a delegation from the UK, in order to create a long -term plan for Syria after the fall of the regime. During the discussions, among others, Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and British top diplomat Hamish Falconer participate.
In February announced UK and several other countries to man Consider relieving the sanctions which was directed at Syria under the country's last rule. The main focus for the conversations in Ankara is said to be, among other things, sanctions and economic development.
According to Reuter's sources, the Turkish delegation, in addition to pressing so that as many sanctions as possible, will be abolished, try to convince the British to work to « stop Israel's violations against Syria's sovereignty ».
Several media reported earlier this week That Israel tried to get the United States to intervene to allow Russia to maintain its bases in Syria, to counteract Turkey's ever greater influence in the country.
On Sunday, Syria's transitional government announced that a committee with seven members was put together to develop the country's new constitution.
It was in December last The year that the Islamist organization Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, HTS, succeeded the largest country's government.
In January this year, leader Ahmed Al-Shara was appointed transitional president. The date of the fall of the Assad regime has become a new national day in the country.
