The Turkish Foreign Minister has described Israel's strikes as one of the main threats to Syria's stability.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated that Israel's ongoing strikes against Syria are one of the main threats to the stability of that country.

According to «Armenpress»-, this was reported by the «Anadolu» agency. During a joint press conference in Ankara with Syrian Foreign Minister Assad Hasan Shaybani, Fidan noted that Israel's actions are directed against Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. He stated that during the armed conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran, Syria has contributed to maintaining stability in the region, and ensuring security and peace in the country is a collective responsibility of all states in the region.

Fidan called on the international community to adopt a tougher stance against Israel's so-called «occupation policy» and to exert necessary pressure on Tel Aviv to uphold the 1974 separation of forces agreement and respect Syria's sovereignty. Referring to the situation in the Gaza Strip, the head of Turkey's foreign affairs ministry reminded that an earlier agreement had been reached on the roadmap for the second phase of the peace plan, which was announced by US President Donald Trump.

According to Fidan, the continuation of strikes by Israel after the agreements reached regarding Gaza indicates that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of choosing the path of peaceful resolution. He also stated that Netanyahu's government is intensifying «terrorist activities» in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 

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