Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized that the solution to the refugee crisis is political, not humane, adding that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland after achieving stability there is an important step as important as combating terrorism.

This came during a speech at the opening of the first international forum for refugees, organized by the United Nations in cooperation with Switzerland and in the presence of Turkey, Germany, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Costa Rica.

The forum will discuss ways to share the burden of refugees between countries in order to reduce pressure on host countries, as well as support the situation in countries of origin to ensure a safe return of refugees.

The first World Refugee Forum coincides with the one-year anniversary of the World Refugee Charter, which has been ratified by the United Nations.

The Turkish president revealed that about four hundred thousand Syrian refugees were resettled in northern Syria, and called for the voluntary resettlement of a million Syrian refugees in the "peace zone" in northern Syria, but "within a very short period."

Erdogan - whose country hosts about 3.7 million Syrian refugees - added, "We need to find a formula that allows refugees who have traveled to Turkey to resettle in their country."

Erdogan called for the settlement of Syrian refugees in the "peace zone" (Anatolia)

In this context, he said, "Let us extract oil together from terrorist-controlled wells in Syria, and let us complete the projects of building housing units, schools and hospitals in the areas liberated from terrorism, and we resettle the refugees there ... but we do not see a response to this call."

Erdogan stated that it is possible to build housing and schools in the region to which some 371,000 Syrian refugees have already returned since Turkey started military operations to eliminate "terrorist organizations" in the region, referring to the Islamic State, the Kurdish People's Protection Units and the PKK.

International demands
For his part, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, in a speech to the forum, called on the international community to exert more effort to assume its responsibilities regarding the refugee issue.

Guterres called on wealthy nations for a more effective response to the humanitarian appeals made by the UNHCR.

He said that the international community should make more effort to bear part of the burden of the refugee crisis, explaining that more than 70 million people had been forced to leave their homes during the past year, including 25 million refugees, and this is the highest number of refugees ever recorded.

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A recent Guterres report to the Security Council considered that "there is no alternative" to continuing to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria across borders and front lines, but this view collides with a clear Russian refusal.

Council members are in negotiations to extend this mechanism, which will expire on January 10.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, explained that the prospects of the refugee problem at the global level seem bleak, noting that the picture looks bleak with the number of those who left their homes exceeding 70 million, including about 25 million refugees.

A diplomat, who did not want to be identified, stated that "it is not in anyone's interest to block this decision," while others talk about a Russian effort to strengthen the Syrian regime's control of the country. Another diplomatic source said that "negotiations are difficult" with Moscow.

Four transit points are currently being used, two via Turkey, one via Jordan and one via Iraq, and a fifth point via Turkey is being discussed in Tel Abyad.

This new crossing point appears in the draft resolution submitted by Germany, Belgium and Kuwait, the countries responsible for the humanitarian aspect of the Syrian file, which seeks to renew the UN mandate for a year.