New meeting between Turkiye, Syria and Russia slated for January

ISTANBUL, 01 Janurary 2023, (TON): The foreign ministers of Turkiye, Syria and Russia will meet “in the second half of January,” the Turkish foreign minister said Saturday, in the latest sign of rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters “we have decided to hold a tripartite meeting in the second half of January. The meeting could take place in a third country.”

The defense ministers of Turkiye, Syria and Russia met in Moscow on Wednesday for the first time since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, which has strained relations between Ankara and Damascus.

In mid-December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he might meet his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad after meetings at the level of defense and foreign ministers.

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