Russia, Iran, Turkey say that Syrian conflict has no military solution
The Astana Troika thinks that the conflict can only be resolved within the framework of a political process under the UN guidance and with the UN assistance
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian and Turkish counterparts Ebrahim Raisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are confident that the Syrian conflict has no military resolution, according to a joint statement by the heads of state of the Astana Troika published on Tuesday.
“[The sides] reaffirmed their conviction that there could be no military solution to the Syrian conflict,” the document said. The Astana Troika thinks that the conflict can only be resolved within the framework of a political process under the UN guidance and with the UN assistance.
Vladimir Putin, Ebrahim Raisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have also rejected all unilateral sanctions targeting Syria, urging the global community to step up assistance to the Syrian people in their joint statement on Tuesday.
In the statement released on Tuesday, the parties “expressed grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Syria and rejected all unilateral sanctions which are in contravention of international law” They “called upon the international community, particularly the UN and its humanitarian agencies and other governmental/non-governmental international institutions to increase their assistance to all Syrians without discrimination, politicization and preconditions,” the statement said.
