Russia is working on an upcoming meeting in Moscow with the Turkish delegation to discuss the situation in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th December, 2018) Russia is working on an upcoming meeting in Moscow with the Turkish delegation to discuss the situation in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, Omer Celik, the spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said that a Turkish delegation would visit Moscow on December 29 to discuss Ankara's operation in the east of the Euphrates and the withdrawal of US troops from Syria. The AKP spokesman added that the delegation would include Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and national intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.
"The meeting with the Turkish representative delegation is being worked out ... It is expected that high-level contacts on the situation in Syria may be held in Moscow in the near future," the ministry's Information and Press Department said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday his intention to visit Moscow in the coming days and meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to the Turkish president, a delegation from Ankara will hold talks in Moscow ahead of his visit.
