A position to advance and to throw back the syrian army back to the original source she sees for our lives that were agreed in september 2018 and the result is that they pulled back and have allowed the syrian army to retain its military gains and theyve taken steps to way towards a reopening the highways but its but this hasnt resolved the issue here because turkey still refuses to start dealing with this jarvis element that is imbedded in its take 2 steps forward one step back its not resolving anything and a lot of people are saying this is a temporary solution to a problem that only turkey can now solve because we have to remind our viewers the Syrian Government sees these jihadist elements as terrorists and then must be dealt with and there in the status quo cannot be maintained Everyone Wants a sub main. In this status quo thats true and i think that earlier on miscalculate that. His policy and he didnt realize it that his position is not so exceptional which once was a bloke who
A low in welcome to cross talk are all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia in turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath me good i own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project and in london we cross who are going to be curious he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in. Everyone and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly and we had the leaders of turkey and russia meeting and we came to a conclusion now it could be spotted a lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. Well i think the back down for 2 reasons firstly the the fount that militarily they
United states ruled out any military action in support of turkey they refused to send it to provide air cover for turkish troops and turkey found that instead of europe coming to turkey support the europeans instead were very critical of turkeys actions in libya and along the border with greece where turkey has been allowing refute g. s to move migrants to move in their efforts to enter europe so i think the turkish government and president gun made the correct decision in the circumstances which is that turkey really was not in a position to advance and to throw back the syrian army back to the original sort she sees for lawyers that were agreed in september 2018 and the result is that they pulled back and have allowed the syrian army to retain its military gains and they would take steps to the way towards a reopening the highways but it is but this hasnt resolved the issue here because turkey still refuses to start dealing with this jarvis element that is imbedded in but we its take
A lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. Well i think the back down for 2 reasons firstly the the fount that militarily they were outmatched theyre not in a position to take on the syrian army and the Russian Air Force one on the same time and they were suffering casualties and i think that was one reason why they pulled back but the other reason was that they found that they had no diplomatic support or military support or Political Support from their western allies the United States ruled out any military action in support of turkey they refused to send it to provide air cover for turkish troops and turkey found that instead of europe coming to turkey support the europeans instead were very critical of turkeys actions in libya and along the border with greece where turkey has been allowing refute g. s to move migrants to move in their efforts to enter europe so i think the turkish government and president early gun made the correct decision in the circumstance
Now as a fragile temporary ceasefire largely holds in libya the warring leaders have moved closer to making it more permanent the head of the u. N. Recognized government fires also raj and walt Khalifa Haftar are both in moscow for negotiations being broken by russian taki from messed up gas and reports. The aim of mondays meeting in moscow was to formalize to cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired all starch Prime Minister of the un backed government and warlord to sign a more permanent truth thats aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the vs 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains missing to an emotional. Reports that. Certain progress has been achieved and the chairman of the government and National Archives of libya mr starch and the chairman of hive council of state mr met me has just signed it marshall shaft of the commander of Libyan National army and the president of libya a