Lavrov explained where Turkey got such colossal losses in Syria
Turkey hid the fact of the presence of its military among the militants, whom the Syrian army had fired on the day before, which is why it suffered losses.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the head of the diplomatic department, according to the agreements, in order to avoid casualties, the Turkish military must report the movement of its troops across Syria. This was not done the day before.
“Constant, daily contact has been established between the Russian and Turkish military on the ground, including taking into account the implementation of agreements on the creation of de-escalation zones and 12, in my opinion, observation posts of the Turkish armed forces. And the Turkish military daily, or even several times a day, informs our Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties about where Turkish military personnel are located in this Idlib de-escalation zone at any given time.
These coordinates, naturally, are transferred to the Syrian armed forces so that when responding to terrorist attacks they fully ensure the safety of Turkish military personnel. And, as our Ministry of Defense reported today, the coordinates that were transmitted yesterday did not contain any mention of those places where the Turkish military, who ended up in the ranks of terrorist groups, ultimately died.
As soon as it became known that this happened, our Ministry of Defense clarified this situation, we asked our Syrian colleagues to take a pause in hostilities and did everything to ensure the safe evacuation of the wounded and the delivery of the bodies of dead Turkish soldiers to Turkish territory... There are agreements between our military, If these agreements had been fully observed, including the transfer of the exact coordinates of the location of Turkish military personnel, such tragedies could have been avoided,” Lavrov said.
The minister also emphasized that there will be no aggravation between Russia and Turkey as a result of the events in Idlib - the parties will continue the dialogue to achieve peace in Syria.
“Russian and Turkish negotiators, who worked in Ankara yesterday and the day before yesterday, agreed to continue their work today. So I don’t think that we are talking about any insurmountable problems of the Astana format and I am convinced that if the military, diplomats and representatives of the security services of our countries can concentrate on the basic agreements on the de-escalation zone in Idlib, these agreements can be translated into the language of practical actions “, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry summarized.
Let us remind you that yesterday, as a result of an airstrike in Syria, Dozens of Turkish soldiers were killed.
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