Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Thursday praised Qatar's role in helping restore peace in Syria and its humanitarian efforts. Lavrov, while addressing a press conference after a meeting with HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Cavusoglu, said joint efforts are needed to safeguard territorial security and rebuild Syria.
“I thank Qatar for initiating the meeting and this is the first time it is up to the ministerial level," he said, adding that experts had prepared the ground for the discussions prior to that. “We emphasised the importance of urgent assistance to Syria to help mitigate the pandemic and also to rebuild the civil infrastructure destroyed as a result of the conflict,” he added.
Thanking Qatar for hosting Turkey's delegation in Doha for the meeting, Cavusoglu said: “We worked with the Russian side to achieve our objective and will continue our co-operation with Qatar to alleviate human suffering. We have discussed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria and reaffirmed the need to consolidate our humanitarian efforts, especially when it comes to tackling and mitigating the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said, adding that such meetings should continue.
“We have decided to host the next meeting in Turkey and thereafter in Russia. Our friends will work in an organised manner to establish permanent peace in Syria and host such meetings for the sake of peace in the region,” he added.
“I thank Qatar for initiating the meeting and this is the first time it is up to the ministerial level," he said, adding that experts had prepared the ground for the discussions prior to that. “We emphasised the importance of urgent assistance to Syria to help mitigate the pandemic and also to rebuild the civil infrastructure destroyed as a result of the conflict,” he added.
Thanking Qatar for hosting Turkey's delegation in Doha for the meeting, Cavusoglu said: “We worked with the Russian side to achieve our objective and will continue our co-operation with Qatar to alleviate human suffering. We have discussed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria and reaffirmed the need to consolidate our humanitarian efforts, especially when it comes to tackling and mitigating the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said, adding that such meetings should continue.
“We have decided to host the next meeting in Turkey and thereafter in Russia. Our friends will work in an organised manner to establish permanent peace in Syria and host such meetings for the sake of peace in the region,” he added.