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Friday 16 Oct 2015 - 14:11 Makkah mean time-3-1-1437
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Ankara, (IINA) - Turkey and Saudi Arabia warned Russia on Thursday over the consequences of its intervention in Syria. Ankara said that the Moscow bombing campaign in support of the regime is a “big mistake”, Saudi Gazette reported.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia are part of the American-led coalition that supports the moderate opposition in Syria and they were infuriated by Moscow’s bombing campaign to prop the regime of Bashar Al-Assad.
“Russia is making a big mistake”, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu told reporters after talks in Ankara with his Saudi counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir.
“What it does will bring no meaning or benefit, other than delaying the transition process to help Syria out of the chaos”, he added.
Ankara is particularly concerned over claims, which were denied by Moscow, that its bombing campaign has targeted anti-Assad rebels rather than the stated aim of ISIS militants.
On his part, Al-Jubeir said: “Saudi Arabia and Turkey are in agreement on supporting the opposition in Syria. What is important is a political solution”, noting that Turkey and Saudi Arabia are "in agreement that there will certainly be no role for Bashar Al-Assad”.
He pointed out that in recent talks with top Russian officials, Riyadh told Moscow that the Syrian crisis should be solved according to the 2012 Geneva communiqué which envisages a political transition in Syria.
“We (in Ankara) discussed the intervention of foreign powers, especially the Russian intervention which is a very critical issue and could lead to foreigners intervening in Syria from the outside”, Al-Jubeir said.
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