Seoul: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on providing “non-lethal” aid to Syrian rebels, including communications equipment and other things, media reported on Sunday.
According to reports, during a meeting at seoul the two heads agreed that a “Friends of Syria” group meeting on April 1 in Turkey should work on furnishing aid and medical supplies.
Washington has said several times that it is looking at providing non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, whom the United States says should step down.
The rebels are badly outgunned by Syria’s armed forces but the White House has said that it does not favour arming them, arguing that further “militarising” the conflict would worsen civilian bloodshed.
“We are very much in agreement that there should be a process whereby a transition to a representative and legitimate government in Syria takes place,” Obama said.
Erdogan present at the occasion said that of course, as human beings, people with conscience, Turkey cannot remain a spectator to these developments, which were things that they had to be doing something about within the framework of international law.
However the Obama administration appears to fear that any weapons sent to Syria would be at risk of falling into the wrong hands, and does not appear to have full confidence in rebel groups or a clear picture of their makeup.
It is to be mentioned here that the decision came at a time when some close partners including Russia is pressurizing the Assad’s government to start a peace process in the country.
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