Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria to hold quadrilateral meeting
The deputy foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Syria will hold a meeting to discuss normalizing relations between Ankara and Damascus in the coming days, Turkey’s foreign minister announced.
Speaking to the Turkish NTV channel, Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the representatives of the four countries will hold a meeting at the level of deputy foreign ministers to discuss drawing a road map to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus in the coming days, Mehr news agency reported.
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey previously held a quadrilateral meeting in Moscow on May 10.
Referring to the recent quadrilateral meeting in Moscow, Cavusoglu said, “In that meeting, we agreed to prepare the infrastructure for the safe return of Syrian refugees to areas under the control of the Syrian central government.”
A large number of Syrian refugees who reside in Turkey wish to return to their country, but this process should be undertaken within the framework of international laws, and based on the designs of Turkey as the host country, he said. At the end of the Moscow meeting, the foreign ministers issued a joint statement, stressing their commitment to the territorial integrity of Syria and preparing a roadmap for developing relations between Damascus and Ankara in various aspects.