トルコ軍がシリア軍を訓練
2010年12月10日にトルコの参謀本部次長がシリアを訪問しており、クルド対策についてでも話し合ったのだろう程度に捉えていたが、両国の協調関係は、単に国境を挟んだ役割分担を調整するだけではなく、訓練方法自体を一体化させる、ノウハウを教えるというレベルにまで話を進めていた。
アサド大統領のトルコ接近は留まるところを知らない
Turkish army to train Syrian army
Monday, January 31, 2011
DAMASCUS – Anatolia News Agency
Turkey and Syria have agreed for the Turkish military to provide training for the Syrian army, diplomatic sources said Monday.
Sources talking on condition of anonymity said Turkey's Deputy Chief of General Staff Aslan Güner visited Damascus in December and discussed the training of the Syrian army.
During his visit, Güner participated in the Turkey-Syria High-Level Military Dialogue Meeting. Sources said the two countries debated the training of armed forces during the meeting. In this context, the two countries also discussed in detail the training of Syrian soldiers by Turkish soldiers.
Military experts think the Syrian army, which was an ally of the former Soviet Union for years, could transition to a more Western style if Syrian soldiers were trained by Turkish soldiers.
The Turkish and Syrian armies came to the brink of war in 1998 because Syria harbored members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. However, the two countries arranged to cooperate against the PKK with the Adana Agreement signed that year, seen as a turning point of Turkish-Syrian relations. After the agreement, Syrian security forces staged many operations against the terrorist organization.
Relations between the Turkish and Syrian armies have been boosted with reciprocal visits of officers, and the two armies have taken part in joint exercises in recent years.
Syrian lawmakers headed by Ismet Mahli, the head of the Syrian-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group, is set to meet with the Turkish co-chair of the group, Mehmet Sandır. The lawmakers will visit the northwestern province of Bursa on Thursday and then proceed to Istanbul.
アサド大統領のトルコ接近は留まるところを知らない
Turkish army to train Syrian army
Monday, January 31, 2011
DAMASCUS – Anatolia News Agency
Turkey and Syria have agreed for the Turkish military to provide training for the Syrian army, diplomatic sources said Monday.
Sources talking on condition of anonymity said Turkey's Deputy Chief of General Staff Aslan Güner visited Damascus in December and discussed the training of the Syrian army.
During his visit, Güner participated in the Turkey-Syria High-Level Military Dialogue Meeting. Sources said the two countries debated the training of armed forces during the meeting. In this context, the two countries also discussed in detail the training of Syrian soldiers by Turkish soldiers.
Military experts think the Syrian army, which was an ally of the former Soviet Union for years, could transition to a more Western style if Syrian soldiers were trained by Turkish soldiers.
The Turkish and Syrian armies came to the brink of war in 1998 because Syria harbored members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. However, the two countries arranged to cooperate against the PKK with the Adana Agreement signed that year, seen as a turning point of Turkish-Syrian relations. After the agreement, Syrian security forces staged many operations against the terrorist organization.
Relations between the Turkish and Syrian armies have been boosted with reciprocal visits of officers, and the two armies have taken part in joint exercises in recent years.
Syrian lawmakers headed by Ismet Mahli, the head of the Syrian-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group, is set to meet with the Turkish co-chair of the group, Mehmet Sandır. The lawmakers will visit the northwestern province of Bursa on Thursday and then proceed to Istanbul.
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