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Anadolu Agency, Turkey
March 27 2014
Turkey denies backing Syrian opposition in Kesab
26 March 2014 19:16
Syria's allegations "totally unfounded and untrue," says Turkey's
Foreign Ministry
ANKARA
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday allegations that Turkey is
providing support to opposition forces in Kesab by letting them use
its territory or through other means during the country's conflict are
"totally unfounded and untrue."
"We consider the efforts of such circles and the developments in the
Kesab region and the painful incidents of the past as a
confrontational political propaganda attempt and particularly condemn
it," said a statement from the ministry.
Remarking that Turkey is one of the most affected countries of Syria's
three-year civil war, the ministry said that the country is continuing
to eliminate threats against its national security "as was the case on
23 March," when the Turkish armed forces downed a Syrian military jet
for violating its airspace.
Turkey has also been sheltering around 800,000 Syrians and has now "in
accordance with its humanitarian and conscientious responsibility
notified the relevant U.N. bodies that Syrian Armenians residing in
Kesep region could be admitted into Turkey too where they will be
guaranteed protection," the ministry concluded in its statement.
March 27 2014
Turkey denies backing Syrian opposition in Kesab
26 March 2014 19:16
Syria's allegations "totally unfounded and untrue," says Turkey's
Foreign Ministry
ANKARA
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday allegations that Turkey is
providing support to opposition forces in Kesab by letting them use
its territory or through other means during the country's conflict are
"totally unfounded and untrue."
"We consider the efforts of such circles and the developments in the
Kesab region and the painful incidents of the past as a
confrontational political propaganda attempt and particularly condemn
it," said a statement from the ministry.
Remarking that Turkey is one of the most affected countries of Syria's
three-year civil war, the ministry said that the country is continuing
to eliminate threats against its national security "as was the case on
23 March," when the Turkish armed forces downed a Syrian military jet
for violating its airspace.
Turkey has also been sheltering around 800,000 Syrians and has now "in
accordance with its humanitarian and conscientious responsibility
notified the relevant U.N. bodies that Syrian Armenians residing in
Kesep region could be admitted into Turkey too where they will be
guaranteed protection," the ministry concluded in its statement.