Turkey, Russia, Iran urge Idlib sides to lay down arms

The presidents of Turkey, Iran, and Russia on Sept. 7 invited all groups involved in the conflict in Syria’s Idlib province to lay down their arms in a move aimed to ease reconciliation, urging a “negotiated political process.” 

A joint statement, released at the end of a three-way summit in Tehran, said “there could be no military solution to the Syrian conflict.” 

The statement signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said they “took up the situation in [the] Idlib de-escalation area and decided to address it in line with the spirit of cooperation that characterized the Astana format.”       

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