ISTANBUL: Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that the foreign ministers of Syria, Turkiye, and Russia will hold a meeting in the 2nd half of January.
January 2023 Meeting
Mevlut Cavusoglu told the media that they have taken a decision to hold a tripartite meeting in January. He hinted that the meeting could be held in a third country.
Earlier, the defense ministers of Syria, Turkiye and Russia held a meeting in Russia on Wednesday for the first time since the war started in Syria in 2011.
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In December, Turkish President Erdogan had said that he might meet Syrian President Bashar Assad following meetings at the level of ministers. Ankara had launched a series of air strikes against Kurdish in Syria in November.
The Syrian and Turkish foreign ministers had a brief informal meeting on the sidelines of a summit in 2021 while Ankara admitted intelligence contacts.
