Spokesperson Keçeli addresses footage of 'Hakan Fidan being interrupted': The Syrian side apologized
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ambassador Öncü Keçeli has issued a statement regarding the footage showing Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's speech being cut off before he finished during a joint press conference held in Damascus with Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam al-Sabbagh as part of his visit to Syria.
Keçeli, in his statement, "Towards the end of the joint press conference, a technical glitch occurred; during the speech of our Minister,who was responding to a questionregarding developments in Gaza, the interpreter's voice did not reachthe headsets in the meeting hall.
Following this issue, the Syrian official moderating the session,believing our Minister's speechthinking that hisremarks had beenconcluded,theyended the meetingearly. Due to this incident, the Syrianside apologized to our delegation apologized." he stated..
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, along with Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Chief İbrahim Kalın, withyesterday paid a working visit to Syria. Foreign Minister Fidan held a joint press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Assad Hassan al-Shaibani.Foreign Minister Fidan held a joint press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Assad Hassan al-Shaibani.held.
Fidan was asked by a journalist about the meeting held in Miami,the Gaza-themed meeting, the structure of the Gaza Peace Council, and whether those who willtake parthave been clarified, and whetherTurkey will take part in this Council.as he was answering a question regarding whether he would take questions, an announcement was made that the press conference had ended.
Following the debate on social media regarding the footage, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ambassador Öncü Keçeli made the following statement regarding the incident:He made the following statement:
"On December 22 in Damascus, a technical glitch occurred toward the end of the joint press conference held by our Minister and Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam al-Sabbagh; regarding the developments in Gaza, theDuring the speech of our Honorable Minister,who was responding to a question posed, the interpreter's voice did not reachthe headphones in the meeting hall. Upon this issue, the Syrian official chairing the session,thinking that our Honorable Minister'sremarks had concluded,ended the session.disrupting and ended the meeting early. Due to this situation, the Syrian side apologized to our delegation."
News Source: 12punto
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