ANKARA (Anadolu) – A
meeting on Syria at the level of deputy foreign ministers between Turkey, Russia, Iran and Syria will be held in Russia’s capital on 15-16 March, Turkish diplomatic sources said on Monday.
The meeting will be attended by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, Burak Akcapar, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, their Syrian counterpart Ayman Susan and Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior adviser to Iran’s Foreign Minister.
Last week, Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, announced that a Turkish delegation will visit Moscow for technical talks ahead of a planned Turkish, Russian, Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers’ meeting.
“The Iranian side will also attend this meeting. At this meeting, preparations for the foreign ministers’ meeting will be made,” Cavusoglu said at a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in the capital, Ankara.
On 28 December, 2022, the Turkish, Russian, and Syrian defence ministers met in Moscow to discuss counter-terrorism efforts in Syria and agreed to continue the tripartite meetings to ensure stability in Syria and the wider region.
Although no date or location has yet been announced, the foreign ministers’ meeting would mark another high-level talk since the foreign-backed Syrian war began in 2011.