In the Syrian civil war that started in 2011, Ankara built its entire foreign policy on the support of the civil war in Syria and Assad's departure. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Doha took the first step of the change in Syria's foreign policy, which was carried out by obstructing all warnings.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that if there is a democratic and reliable election in Syria, everyone may need to consider working with Bashar al-Assad. Cavusoglu, the 18th Doha Forum held in the context of CNBC correspondent Hadley Gamble high-level interview in a special session answered questions. Minister Çavuşoğlu said, "If there is a table in the future of Syria for Assad, will be a part of this? "What we are trying to do now is to establish a constitution for the country. They should create a draft constitution themselves." he said.
Participating in the 18th Doha Forum in Doha, the capital of Qatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu was the guest of the high-level interview moderated by CNBC correspondent Hadley Gamble and answered the questions.
Çavuşoğlu said the country should be prepared for the elections. This process must be under the umbrella of the United Nations (UN). It must be inclusive. Everyone should be entitled. It should cover everyone outside of Syria and Syria, including those who have been displaced in the last seven years, as refugees in my country and in other countries. There must be reliable, transparent and democratic elections. After this election, Syrians should decide who should rule the country, Çavuşoğlu said.
QUESTION: WILL YOU WORK WITH ASSAD?
Ankara, which has been struggling with its power to overthrow Assad in the civil war that has been going on in Syria for 8 years and withdraw from the administration, is now abandoning this attitude?
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu answered the questions of reporters in a special session organized under the Doha Forum.
"If Assad is elected in this election would you work with him?" asked a journalist.
"If there is a democratic and reliable election, then everyone may have to evaluate it," he answered.