Turkiye revises national security policy: South Caucasus not priority

ArmInfo. The National Security Policy document has been updated taking into account the  assessment of events in Turkye, the region and the world and has been  deemed appropriate by the National Security Council (NSC). This was stated in a statement published after the meeting of the Turkish NSC, which was held in Ankara under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

As Anadolu writes, according to the document published on social  networks by the Communications Directorate of the Presidential  Administration of Turkey, the National Security Policy (NSC), which  is regularly updated every 5 years and, if necessary, ahead of  schedule, has been updated taking into account the assessment of  events that have occurred and may occur in Turkey, the region and the  world, and has been deemed appropriate.

The statement on the update of the 2020 Document and the entry into  force of the 2025 Document summarises activities in 2024 and  "discusses issues that may arise in 2025 and the activities that  should be carried out and measures that should be taken within this  framework".

At the meeting, the Council was briefed on the operations "conducted  successfully at home and abroad against all kinds of threats and  dangers against national unity and solidarity and national survival,  especially the terrorist organizations PKK, FETO and Daesh."

The declaration notes that the new administration in Syria will fully  support the will of the new Syrian government to ensure the  sovereignty of the state and the reconstruction of Syria, and the  peace and prosperity of the Syrian people.

The Council believes that the ceasefire in Gaza should be permanent  and be the beginning of a just solution to the Palestinian issue, and  also emphasized the importance of unhindered, continuous and rapid  delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.

"Turkey will continue to make its maximum contribution to the  establishment of global peace and stability by intensifying its  activities in the resolution of conflicts in various regions of the  world, particularly in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans," the  declaration of the Turkish National Security Council says.

It is noteworthy that the document contains nothing about the South  Caucasus or Armenian-Turkish normalization.