Turkish president and German chancellor held a phone call on Friday to discuss recent developments on northwestern Idlib province of Syria and asylum seekers who want to cross to Greece from Turkey to reach Europe.
PRESİDENT E5RDOĞAN SLAMMED GREECE’S DECISION
With an agreement reached between Turkey and Russia on Thursday about Idlib, the protection of innocent civilians and safety of Turkish soldiers who risks their lives for the peace in the region, were ensured, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
During the discussion with Angela Merkel, Erdogan mentioned the humanitarian plight on Turkey’s land border with Greece.
He slammed Greece’s decision to not take into account the EU’s foundation agreement and Geneva Agreement and considered it “a violation of international law and values of the EU’s foundation agreement”. BHe also stressed the necessity to revise the arrangements between Turkey and the EU on migration.
Ankara and Moscow agreed to a cease-fire effective as of midnight Thursday amid recent clashes between the Turkish military and Syrian regime forces.
As part of the agreement, all military activities will end in Idlib and a security corridor will be established 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) deep to the north and to the south from the M4 highway.
Joint Turkish-Russian patrols will also begin on March 15 along the M4 highway from the settlement of Trumba — 2 km (1.2 miles) to the west of Saraqib — to the settlement of Ain al-Havr, according to the deal.