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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Türkiye has no intention to enter
into conflict with any countries in Syria, but it also cannot remain a bystander if instability emerges in a neighboring country that will pose a threat to the country.
As Türkiye, we have no intention of entering into conflict in Syria – not with Israel or any other country. Syria is an independent nation, and we are now facing a new Syria," Fidan told a live broadcast on CNN Türk, adding that it was necessary to allow the new administration in Syria to shape its own defense policy, foreign policy, and regional affairs.
He warned that trying to take preemptive measures based on speculative assumptions, as Israel is doing, only leads to provocation.
Fidan also said that the platform Türkiye established together with regional countries – including Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, with Syria’s participation – was proving highly effective, particularly in addressing security challenges such as the fight against Daesh. He pointed out that this platform represents the first serious initiative in many years where a free and sovereign Syria voluntarily engages with neighboring countries.
As we have consistently stated, Israel’s ongoing operations serve neither Syria’s security nor Israel’s. In the long run, they will only fuel greater instability and insecurity across the Middle East. Therefore, as Türkiye, we must act proactively – through diplomacy and other measures – to contain this crisis before it escalates further," Fidan said.
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