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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Not the Real Deal: Ankara’s Take on the Syria Agreement - Carnegie Europe

Not the Real Deal: Ankara’s Take on the Syria Agreement
Sinan Ülgen, Aaron Stein Article September 26, 2013

An agreement is in place to consolidate and destroy Syria’s chemical arsenal—the international community’s response to the use of the weapons by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. If implemented, the deal, which was brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on September 14, could bring significant benefits because war will be averted. But as the country most exposed to the consequences of the conflict in Syria, Turkey remains unconvinced of the deal’s efficacy.

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