Assad's regime confirms its commitment to "Adana Agreement" requires re-border with Turkey as it was before re-activated

ARK News: An official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Assad regime said the government of the Assad regime is still committed to the Adana Agreement signed with Turkey on the fight against terrorism in all its forms by the two countries, days after the Turkish president talked about the need to revive the Convention.

The Assad government has accused the Turkish side of what it called the breach of the agreement, arguing that any activation of this agreement is through re-issues on the border between the two countries as it was and that the Turkish government withdraw its forces from the areas in which they are located in Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Thursday, the need to put forward the Adana Agreement between Turkey and Syria in 1998 in a speech during his participation in an event of the Turkish Military College in Ankara.

Erdogan said that Turkey had no ambitions to occupy Syria and that it is the only country in Syria for purely humanitarian purposes, pointing out that one of the most important objectives of the operations carried out by Turkey within the Syrian territory, is to provide security for the population living there.

For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed on Friday that his country considers the Adana Agreement between Ankara and Damascus in 1998 "still in force", pointing out that "the essence of the agreement is to dispel the security concerns of Turkey."

The commander of the so-called Popular Protection Units Sipan Hamo believes that talks with the government on the future of the area under the control of the Units will begin in the coming days after a "positive" reaction from Damascus.

Hamo told “Reuters", "There are attempts to conduct negotiations ... The position of the Syrian government was positive ... We believe that they will begin in the coming days"

Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper that the commander of the Popular Protection Units, Sipan Hamo had made two unannounced visits to Damascus and Moscow to convey a "secret offer" that would include the agreement to hand over the border to the Syrian state in return for accepting a local administration with a Russian guarantee.

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