EP.854: Ex-Turkish Foreign Minister on SOARING Turkey-Russia Tensions in Syria On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Turkish foreign minister Yasar Yakis about the growing tensions between Turkey, Russia and Syria over the Idlib offensive by the Syrian Army. He discusses the Russian sale of the S400 air defence system to Turkey and how this complicates NATO-Turkey relations, why it was a mistake to accept so many Syrian refugees and what he would have done differently had he still been Foreign Minister, what a deal between Moscow and Turkey would look like, growing tensions between Turkey and Greece over the Syrian refugee crisis and more! Next we speak to Pal Nesse of the Norwegian Refugee Council about the growing humanitarian crisis in Idlib, the EU’s disregard for international law regarding refugee rights, international powers ignoring opportunities for peace in Syria and more! Finally, we speak to Feng Yong, a Health Counsellor in China’s Permanent Mission to the UN about the growing Coronavirus outbreak. He discusses the threat the disease poses to humanity, the economic damage Coronavirus has cost to China, what the number one priorities for China should be regarding recovery and more! LIKE Going Underground http://fb.me/GoingUndergroundRT FOLLOW Going Underground https://www.youtube.com/user/GoingUndergroundRT Going Underground on Twitter http://twitter.com/Underground_RT Afshin Rattansi on Twitter http://twitter.com/AfshinRattansi PODCAST https://soundcloud.com/rttv/sets/going-underground-1 Statement from Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: In the last few days, Greece faces a sudden, massive, organized and coordinated pressure due to the movement of populations at its eastern land and sea borders. This movement is directed and encouraged by Turkey. These actions are happening in breach of the obligations arising from the Common Declaration between the EU and Turkey. Turkey, instead of curbing the trafficker’s channels of migrants and refugees, has itself undertaken the role of a trafficker. Due to its coordinated, illegal and massive nature, this relocation of people falls outside international law regarding the right of international asylum, which concerns only individual cases. Greece unequivocally exercises its sovereign right and constitutional obligation to protect its territorial integrity and the integrity of EU borders . The above tactics of the Turkish side are complemented by a campaign of production and dissemination of fake news against our country. Such fake news relate to supposed injuries-and even one dead- due to gunshots from the Greek side. The Greek government has categorically denied that: there is no such incident with fire from the Greek authorities. European Commission Pr ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYdBI8c5ZaU