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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held negotiations on Syria in Moscow on 23 January, focusing on the creation of a security zone in the northern part of the war-torn country.

Axar.az reports citing Sputnik that, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated that Turkey will not exclude US, Russia or other countries if they want to cooperate in creating a safe zone.

"We have no disagreements with the United States over Syria, except for one or two issues: they must sever relations with the YPG… There is no clarity about the safe zone yet, the dates are not on the agenda either, negotiations are ongoing. But no matter who creates this safe zone, this should be done only with [the participation of] Turkey", Cavusoglu told the A Haber broadcaster.

Turkey and Russia are on the same page regarding the Syrian settlement aside from the issue of the future of Bashar al-Assad, according to Cavusoglu.

The foreign minister noted that Turkey was in indirect contact with the Syrian government, without providing any details.

In an interview with broadcaster A Haber, Cavusoglu stated that Turkey and the United States had initiated discussions on who will be part of the administration for the Syrian city of Manbij, where Erdogan launched a military operation against Kurdish militias — which Ankara considers to be terrorist groups.

The statements follow a recent phone conversation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump, in which the latter had proposed creating a 30-kilometre (18-mile) buffer zone in Syria. According to Erdogan, the future security zone will be controlled by the Turkish military.

In early December, Erdogan announced that Ankara was ready to start a new military operation against the PKK-YPG [Kurdistan Workers' Party — Kurdish People's Protection Units] and Daesh* on the eastern bank of the Euphrates as well as in Manbij, Syria if the United States did not facilitate the withdrawal of the militia from the region.

Later, the Turkish president suspended the operation following a December 14 phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, who announced plans to withdraw US troops from Syria.

Date
2019.01.24 / 12:52
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Axar.az
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