Erdogan seeks to hold meeting with Russia, Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Turkish president announced on Thursday that he seeks to hold a trilateral meeting with his Syrian and Russian counterparts.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, during his way back from Turkmenistan to Turkey, “I offered Putin to organize a meeting of the leaders of Russia, Turkey and Syria.”
Putin responded positively to the initiative that may be a start for a “series of negotiations,” according to Erdogan.
In addition, he said that “the trilateral meeting could be preceded by negotiations among security services, defense ministers and diplomats.”
Erdogan added that at first, ”our intelligence organizations should come together.”
The rapprochements that Turkey seeks with Syria will be useful for Turkish national interests, according to Erdogan.
In addition, the Turkish president said that he suggested drafting a new mechanism with Russia and Syria to expedite the Diplomatic maneuvering with Syria.
Recently, the Turkish president has started mentioning a possible meeting with al-Assad is possible.
“There is no resentment in politics. Sooner or later, we can take steps,” Erdogan said.
However, silence was broken in the Syrian capital Damascus, as it has been emerged that al-Assad has rejected a Russian-brokered bid to reconcile al-Assad with Erdogan.