"Erdogan is trying to blackmail Europe. A self-respecting person does not speak that way," Assad said in an interview with French magazine Paris Munch published on Thursday.
"There are institutions and there is a law. The issue of sending terrorists or any convicted person to another country is subject to bilateral agreements between states. To get someone out of prison and know that he is a terrorist and send him to another country to kill civilians is immoral." He continued.