Wednesday, February 14 2018 14:24

ArmInfo. Recently, both positive and negative trends have been observed in the Syrian crisis, and it is not yet clear in which direction the events in this country will develop in the future. This February 14 at a press conference said the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan.

As the expert noted, a positive trend is that the countries that are somehow involved in the settlement of the Syrian conflict are trying to find a compromise in resolving the problem. "Firstly, the US does not raise the issue of the resignation of Bashar Assad so sharply, as it became clear that without it it is impossible to resolve the Syrian conflict, and secondly, the US authorities declared that they are in favor of the territorial integrity of Syria, on its own is a positive shift in this issue, "Safrastyan said. The political expert also noted the fact that countries such as China and Russia, within the framework of various programs, are investing heavily in the development of Syria, which indicates that they see the possibility of an early settlement of the crisis. With regard to negative trends, among them, the expert noted Turkey's invasion of Syria, and the international community seemed to accept this behavior. "At the moment, Turkey is aggressive enough both foreign and domestic policy.In Syria, Turkish troops kill thousands of civilians, while in Turkey itself there are mass arrests of those who spoke out against the Turkish aggression in Syria.In this case, the Turkish goal of the government is the occupation of territories on the Turkish-Syrian border, which is 24,000 km In addition, the Turkish authorities intend to make this site a "dead zone", therefore, its actions, in fact, are genocide against the people, living in these territories, "Safrastyan noted. Safrastyan said that at the moment both Turkey's foreign and domestic policies are changing. "Earlier, Erdogan tried to present himself as an Islamist and increase the influence of Islam in the life of the country, but now he realizes that this policy does not justify itself. Now Erdogan is trying in every way to strengthen his power and develops the ideas of Pan-Turkism, thus wants to find convergence with other Islamic countries, and set up another and a stronger Turkey. A new and strong Turkey in this case involves other boundary. That is, in this case the Turkish government plans to capture both the North of Syria and Cyprus. That is, the invasion of the territory of Syria, the President of Turkey is trying to implement the first part of his plan. However, at the moment there are no real prerequisites for implementing this plan and all these ideas are utopian, "the expert said.