Russia’s president traveled abroad for only the second time since ordering Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine in order to attend the gathering. Khamenei also on Tuesday urged strengthened energy cooperation with Moscow in a meeting with Putin. It was not immediately clear whether the trilateral statement at the summit reflected any alteration in Iran’s or Russia’s position on Turkey’s threatened offensive. Khamenei told Erdogan such an offensive would be “detrimental” for the region and called for the issue to be resolved through dialogue between Ankara, Damascus, Moscow and Tehran.Ī Turkey-backed fighter looks out from a military position in the Syrian area of Jibrin towards the Kurdish-controlled area of Tal Rifaat on July 19, 2022. Washington and Moscow have also urged Turkey to exercise restraint.Įrdogan had earlier Tuesday earned a rebuke for his push for an offensive against Syria’s Kurds from Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a bilateral meeting ahead of the summit. “This still has not happened,” said Erdogan. “What we expect from Russia and Iran is their support for Turkey in its fight against terrorism,” Erdogan said in televised remarks.Įrdogan noted that Turkey had struck an agreement with Moscow and Washington in 2019 under which both countries were supposed to help push outlawed Kurdish militants 30 km away from the Syria-Turkey border. (WANA handout via REUTERS)Įrdogan accuses outlawed Kurdish militants of using the border region as a staging post for their decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presses his case at the Tehran summit.
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