CAIRO — Turkey condemned Oct. 15 the comments of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry regarding Ankara’s role in Syria, stressing that its military presence in the country not only aims at protecting its national security, but also ensures the Syrian territories’ sovereignty and unity.
The spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy said in a statement, “These accusations are made up of delusions, which cannot be taken seriously whereas our country had martyrs in the fight against terrorism in Syria, embraced almost 4 million Syrians, protects the people from a cruel regime and terrorists in the north of Syria, and has made concrete contributions to the political process both in Geneva and within the Astana platform.”