Erdoğan’s Syria words spark Russian reaction

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Erdoğan’s Syria words spark Russian reaction

MOSCOW

urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent assertion that the Turkish military operation in Syria was aimed at “ending the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad” has raised eyebrows in Russia, with the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry awaiting an explanation.

The Kremlin said on Nov. 30 that Erdoğan’s remarks had come as a surprise to Moscow and that it expected an explanation from Ankara, Reuters reported.

“The announcement really came as news to us,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters.

“It is a very serious statement and one which differs from previous ones and with our understanding of the situation. We hope that our Turkish partners will provide us with some kind of explanation about this,” he said.

Erdoğan’s remarks will also be discussed during an upcoming visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Ankara, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Nov. 30, TASS News Agency reported.
“That will be a good topic so as to clarify the intentions,” Bogdanov said according to TASS.

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[TomSea]

In my view, this is all saber rattling, a year ago, the Turkmen shot and killed that pilot, the other one lived. That was bad.

Then, in the last 2 weeks, Russian bombing killed 5(?) Turkish soldiers.

So, this is a back and forth but Putin met up with Erdogan not long ago; and both are doing business with each other again.

Maybe Russia/Syria would allow Erdogan to take some of the Syrian land that is call or near Kurdistan.

Anyway, this is all Kabuki theater to me, how could the coalition the US is in bomb 15 Syrian soldiers and some say up to 90 Syrian soldiers and basically, it is being dismissed as an error?