Image copyright RIA Novosti The only sensation after talks Foreign Ministers of Russia and Syria Sergei Lavrov and Walid Muallem was the announcement that Russia suspends visa regime in relations with Turkey.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained vaguely that Turkey deported this year, more than two hundred Russians implicated in illegal activities. Moscow is not satisfied that “in most cases” these people were sent to other countries. “In particular – and the ones that carried out unfriendly towards Russia policy,” – Lavrov said.
“In this context, the decision by the Russian Federation to suspend the visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey “- said the Minister. The decision will come into force on 1 January 2016.
A similar statement by Turkey have been reported yet. If Turkey decides to introduce visas for Russians, it will be the final barrier to Russian tourists, who lost this week able to buy tour packages to this country.
Other Lavrov’s statement indicate that the crisis in Russian-Turkish relations caused by the loss Russian bombers on Tuesday and the subsequent deaths of two Russian military is not passed.
Minister sidestepped the question of whether it is possible to meet with his Turkish counterpart in the near future.
Neither Moscow nor Damascus did not like the position of Ankara
The two ministers talked a lot about the fact that Turkey, which sent caravans illegally extracted oil, at least not contribute to the fight against so-called” Islamic state. ” According to Lavrov, there are doubts about the real interest of Ankara in the fight against terrorism and to normalize the situation in Syria.
Applications Lavrov once again showed that the hopes of forming some sort of a new coalition in the fight against “Islamic state” (organization banned in Russia) is unlikely to come true in the near future. A day earlier negotiations the presidents of Russia and France, which resulted in both leaders said only the expansion of the exchange of intelligence.
The Russian minister asserts that the Western allies with a strange delay began to eliminate the “oil caravans” and went for it only after such bombing took Russia. Several times in the speeches of the two ministers cited evidence that Russian aircraft kills a thousand of oil tanks in the day.
So who are the terrorists?
Another the main motive in the speech Lavrov had a roster of terrorist groups operating in the territory of Syria and Iraq. “Without such an agreed list and without a list [constructive] opposition to the Vienna process is not able to move on,” – Lavrov said.
It is not clear how soon you may receive such a list, and what adjustments it will make the actions of the Russian aircraft over Syria. For two months the Russian air campaign Western countries accused Moscow of the fact that the main impacts are exposed position groups opposing the Syrian army, but not the position of “Islamic state”.
Special reference was made to Free Syrian Army (which are affiliated armed group of Syrian Turkmens living on the Syrian-Turkish border).
“It is important to identify the specific units that carry this name, – said Lavrov. – We have appealed to our partners with a sincere proposal to help establish contacts with such groups, if they are really interested in this struggle “.
According to Lavrov, Russia will insist that the” terrorist list “included groups that control the area where he was shot down by Russian military aircraft. Fighting against Bashar al-Assad of the Syrian Turkmen groups in the area supports Turkey, and this is clearly not going to help restore contact between Moscow and Ankara.
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