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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia, Türkiye FMs Discuss Holding Fresh Syria Meeting

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cuba's President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia and Türkiye’s foreign ministers discussed holding another three-way Türkiye-Syria-Russia ministers' meeting in a phone call on Saturday, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber said, adding that the meeting could take place in the second half of January. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the two had discussed the situation in Syria on their call. 

In a sign of normalization between Ankara and Damascus, Türkiye’s defense minister and intelligence chief met with their Syrian counterparts in Moscow in a trilateral meeting also attended by Russian officials on Wednesday, marking a first in the decade-long Syrian war. 

The three sides agreed to continue with the meetings, the Turkish defense ministry said after Wednesday's gathering. 

TRT Haber said on Saturday it was not yet clear where the next trilateral foreign ministers meeting would be held. 

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