Press Release
For the Astana Trio, the Sovereignty of the Murderous Regime is What Matters, Not the Security of the Syrian People!
(Translated)

Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a series of meetings with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, where he is on an official visit. During these meetings, there were discussions of issues of economic cooperation, the grain corridor that was opened due to the Ukrainian war and the possible military operation planned against northern Syria. Within the scope of the visit, the seven Astana meetings were held, the last of which was held on July 1, 2020.In the 16-point joint statement of the summit, which was held with the participation of President Erdogan and Putin, the parties' commitment to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Syrian Republic, their determination to combat terrorism and their common convictions regarding the stability of the sessions of the Constitutional Committee were emphasized. Turkey, Russia and Iran, the parties to the tripartite summit, also expressed their conviction that the conflict in Syria can only be ended through a political process within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 2254, and not through a military solution.

The operation that has been taking place in Syria since 2011 has only two sides; on the one side, there are the Muslims and the rebellious Syrian people who stand on the side of the truth. On the other side, there is the oppressive Syrian regime, butcher Iran, occupying Russia, cooperating Turkey and other countries in the region that stand on the side of Kufr, that is, on the side of America. Therefore, there is only one party in the Astana meetings, not three parties. This party is Kafir America. All those sitting at the table at the Seventh Astana Summit held in Tehran are working to bring America's political solution to Syria in effect. They do not care about protecting the lives and property of the Syrian people, but rather the sovereignty of the Assad regime, which is responsible for the deaths of more than a million civilians, and the territorial integrity of Syria. Putin, seated at the table, is the representative of Russia, which lowered its prestige and humiliated itself during the Ukraine war. It is also Putin, whom Erdogan calls his friend, the killer of Muslims who perished under bombing in Syria. As for Iran's crimes, they are not limited to Syria only, but Iran is known to everyone for what it has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. For this reason, it is unacceptable for Erdogan to address the murderer of the Syrians, Qassem Soleimani, as a "hero martyr" while looking into the eyes of Raisi and address him as "my brother", and to sit at that table representing Turkey because he knows very well the murders committed by Iran in Syria. As for Turkey, which initially said that it sided with the Syrian people and the revolutionaries, with the passage of time it began to openly gather around one table with the killers of Muslims, and pushed the opposition to Idlib as a result of the steps it had taken, the negotiations and the decisions taken, and it was a lifeline for the Assad regime, enabling it to dominate the country all over again.

The economic and financial crisis that Turkey is experiencing is pushing the government to establish friendly relations not only with these killers, but also with other killers, especially with the Jewish entity, which is a shameful result of a non-ideological and self-interested foreign policy. Therefore, it is neither rationally nor politically nor legally possible to accept Turkey's meeting with these murderous rulers because of America's regional policies and economic motives. As the countries represented by these rulers take a hostile attitude towards Turkey from time to time and they explain this with their statements, the sanctions they apply and their negative policies. These policies with pragmatic motives will cause great problems for the Muslim people in Turkey in particular and for the Muslim Ummah in general. On top of all this, this would certainly be a heavy burden of sins with Allah Almighty.

[وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ]

“And do not be inclined to the wrongdoers or you will be touched by the Fire. For then you would have no protectors other than Allah, nor would you be helped” [TMQ Hud:113]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Turkey