A meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria and Turkey is being worked out, the date has not been confirmed. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this at a briefing on Thursday.
"No, the date has not been confirmed in practical terms. We have already talked about it, such a meeting is being worked out," she said. - "We will let you know about the date, the details and the issues to be discussed, the participants and the formats as soon as this has been coordinated with the parties."
The Russian foreign ministry earlier reported that a meeting between Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers in Moscow is under consideration, but no specific date has yet been set.
On January 8, Asharq Al-Awsat reported that Russian, Syrian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov, Feisal Mekdad and Mevlut Cavusoglu may meet in Moscow on January 11. At the same time, Hürriyet reported that the meeting will not take place until Cavusoglu returns from the US, where on January 17-18 he plans to hold talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, including on the Syrian problem.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has previously talked about the possibility of a face-to-face meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. But he said it should be preceded by talks at the level of representatives of special services, defense ministers and foreign ministers. The meeting of the military heads of the three countries was held on December 28, 2022, in Moscow.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"
Based on materials from TASS