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| Iran's Rouhani joins Putin and Erdogan for Syria talks amid Saudi oil facilities attack debacle | |
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| The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey are meeting for talks centered on resolving the conflict in Syria. This is the first international public appearance of Hassan Rouhani as Iran is accused of Saudi Arabia attack by US. | |
| During their meeting in Ankara on Monday, Presidents Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani and Recep Erdogan – of Russia, Iran and Turkey respectively – talked about progress in the Syrian conflict, as well as ways to finally end fighting in the Idlib Province, one of the last rebel strongholds in the country. | |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Syria’s “sovereignty, its territorial integrity, its independence” must be respected as the parties search for an end to the conflict, which he said cannot be done with a “military solution.” | |
| He also noted that “Syrians themselves” should decide on what future they want, and rejected attempts at “regime change” in the country. | |
| “Today, after almost nine years, with all the experience we’ve gathered, we still believe that the regime change – which is a position held by some countries – is no longer viable,” Rouhani said. “This crisis, and other crises in the region should be settled only by peaceful means, and by the people of these countries themselves.” | |
| It was the fifth meeting between the leaders since their first three-way summit in 2017. | |
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