Erdogan’s hope to meet with Assad

According to RCO News Agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on the plane on his way back from Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan: Ankara will monitor the actions of Russia and China regarding the situation in the Middle East. Time will tell what actions Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take. The most ideal witness in this case is time.

He added: They are taking steps because now these countries are very important countries in the world.

Erdogan also stated that he hopes to have a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the normalization of relations between Ankara and Damascus.

The President of Türkiye said: No one should doubt our respect for the territorial integrity of Syria. I am still optimistic about meeting with Bashar al-Assad.

In another part of his speech, Erdoğan stated: It is still too early to judge the extent of Trump’s willingness to limit Israel’s threats. But some statements of the Americans in this regard are cause for concern.

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