The date of the meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria and Turkey is still being worked out, the negotiations will probably not take place before the return of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from the United States. This was reported on Tuesday by the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
According to the newspaper's sources close to the governments of Syria and Turkey, the date of the meeting of the ministers has not yet been set. At the same time, Turkish sources have suggested that the talks at the level of foreign ministers of the three countries will not take place until the return of Cavusoglu from Washington, where he is scheduled to participate in the January 17 meeting of the US-Turkey Council.
The Turkish daily Hürriyet also notes that there is no certainty regarding the date of the meeting of the ministers and assumes that Cavusoglu is due to arrive in Moscow on January 14-16. There is also a possibility that the minister's visit to Russia might follow his trip to Washington. The daily notes, however, quoting its sources, that the preliminary venue of the meeting on the foreign ministry level is Moscow. However, no official decisions have been made yet.
Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday that the foreign ministers may meet in Moscow on January 11. It was claimed that Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan may join the trilateral meeting. According to the newspaper, according to the agreement, the negotiations in Moscow should pave the way for a summit with the participation of the presidents of Russia, Syria and Turkey. The UAE offered a venue for the summit.
Earlier, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan did not rule out a personal meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad "for the sake of peace in Syria" following talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries. Erdogan said on December 15 that he had offered Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold a trilateral meeting with al-Assad. The summit, he said, should be preceded by talks at the level of representatives of special services, defense and foreign ministers. Negotiations between the military heads of the three countries were held on December 28 in Moscow.
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Based on materials from TASS