FMs of Turkey, Russia, Syria, and Iran to meet next week
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When asked if Turkey will agree to remove its soldiers from northern Syria during the discussions, Cavusoglu stated that such a move might be undertaken as a final step if Syria has achieved total stability.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusogluspeaks during a news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Ankara Turkey,April 7, 2023. (Reuters)
Turkey's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday that Turkey, Russia, Iran, and Syria will convene a quadrilateral summit in Moscow on May 10.
Mevlut Cavusoglu highlighted the importance of collaboration in battling terrorist organizations in a television interview, emphasizing that Ankara has "no eye on Syrian territories."
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When asked if Turkey will agree to remove its soldiers from northern Syria during the discussions, Cavusoglu stated that such a move might be undertaken as a final step if Syria has achieved total stability.
The military ministers and intelligence chiefs of Turkey, Russia, and the Syrian government met in Moscow in December and decided to continue tripartite discussions to ensure stability in Syria and the wider region.
Iran was also invited to participate in the negotiations, with Turkey previously adding that Ankara would be "pleased if Iran is involved in this process."
2,061 people evacuated by Turkey
Regarding the ongoing violence in Sudan, Cavusoglu stated that Turkey has evacuated at least 2,061 people from the country, including 1,763 Turkish nationals, over the course of several weeks of fighting between the army and a paramilitary group.
He claimed a military jet would be used to evacuate Turkish medical workers from Sudan, and that Turkey's embassy in Khartoum would be temporarily relocated to Port Sudan, from where evacuations would take place.
When asked about the unveiling of the "Nemesis Monument" in Yerevan, Armenia, Cavusoglu stated that Turkey has restricted its airspace to flights from Armenia to other nations.
"If they continue (to insist with the monument), additional steps will be taken," he added.
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In April, the quadripartite meeting of the assistant foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran, and Turkey took place in Moscow.
The Syrian delegation arrived in Moscow on April 2 and held talks with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative of the Russian President Mikhail Bogdanov and the senior advisor to the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Asghar Khaji.
The Russian, Syrian, and Turkish defense ministers held talks in the Russian capital, Moscow, earlier in December 2022 where they discussed means of resolving the Syrian crisis.
