Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement about Russia’s plans to form a quasi­state in Latakia is totally nonsense.

Ankara, claiming alleged Moscow’s plans to create a quasi­state in the Syrian Latakia, tries to remove suspicion from itself as a country that itself interferes in Syria’s domestic affairs. “Armenpress” reports citing “Interfax”, Russian Foreign Ministry source told reporters about this. “Statement by the President Erdogan about Russia’s plans to create a quasi­state in Latakia ­ is nonsense. There is an attempt to use the aggravation of relations with Russia in order to remove the main suspicion from Turkey as a country that interferes in Syrian affairs, indicating that allegedly the Russian side interferes in Syrian affairs, “the source said.

According to the source, over the years the Russian government has stated that “Syria needs to be a sovereign, democratic, secular and integral state.” Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had announced that Russia is now making efforts to develop a zone of its influence in the Syrian Latakia and the surrounding area.