Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on the international community to address the urgent needs of the Syrian people and the reconstruction of its infrastructure. “The urgent needs of the Syrian people cannot be delayed anymore, because we’ve got to get all the refugees back to Syria,” Fidan said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Dec. 18. “The basic services—health, transportation, food, education, communication—should be provided to the people, so the people can feel the normal life actually,” he added. “What we are seeing in Syria today is the breakdown of a functioning state, where even basic services like health care and education have been disrupted.”
Emphasizing the need for rebuilding Syria’s infrastructure, Fidan said: “Hospitals, schools and transport systems are in ruins. Without restoring these, we cannot expect normalcy to return for the Syrian people. What Syria needs now is solidarity and pragmatic solutions, not further fragmentation.”
