Syrian opposition surrenders to sponsoring powers – politician
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – A Syrian female oppositionist said on Saturday that she does not rule out the submission of the Syrian opposition to its sponsors’ demands regarding the reconciliation with the Syrian government to satisfy the vision of those countries whom the opposition follows or works on achieving their interests.
Statements made by Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu on August 11, caused widespread resentment which led to massive demonstrations that took place in a number of Turkish-held cities in north and northwestern Syria.
Cavusoglu revealed on sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Belgrade that he had held a short meeting with his Syrian counterpart Faisal al-Mekdad in Belgrade in October.
Cavusoglu called for reconciling between the Syrian government and the opposition to fulfill “permanent peace” as he claimed.
He told reporters that his country intends to normalize ties with the Syrian government and calls for reconciliation between the government and the opposition.
“We need to bring the opposition and regime together for reconciliation somehow, there will be no permanent peace otherwise,” he claimed.
Member of the Syrian Constitutional Committee for the Civil Society, Samira Mobayed, said that the statements released by the Turkish minister pulled the cover of the Turkish policy throughout the last decade.
“Turkey and through the whole decade used a tacit policy in Syria which it used to claim its differences on the media or in front of the Syrian people, but Cavusoglu’s statements have revealed the truth,” she added.
“The Turkish policy in Syria brought absurd tracks of negotiations, and disrupted the political solution, the process of change and the end of the Syrian war,” Mobayed told North press.
“Syrian people need a new rise for the sake of determining the manipulating parties in the Syrian people sacrifice seeking to share power with the same system.”
She considered that the Syrians should take more clear stands “that prevent any Turkish attempts to put an end to the Syrian revolution.”
On July 27, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country would provide all kinds of political aid to the Syrian government in terms of driving out “terrorists”.
“We will provide all kinds of political support for the [Syrian] regime’s work in this regard. It is the natural right of the [Syrian] regime to remove the terrorist organization from its territory,” said Cavusoglu in a televised interview with Turkish Channel TV100. These statements angered many leaders of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA).