18:45, 7 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, ARMENPRESS. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov stated that the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran is being prepared, ARMENPRESS reports, citing the Iranian IRNA agency.

"We work in that direction. The quadrilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria is currently being prepared. I can say that we have agreed not to disclose details so far, not everything is so easy,"Mikhail Bogdanov said.

It should be reminded that in December, the first talks between the Turkish and Syrian Defense Ministers took place in Russia since 11 years ago. In 2011, a civil war in Syria began. Turkey, which before this conflict, maintained close relations with Damascus, positioned itself against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Since then, Turkey's relations with Syria are not so smooth. However, in recent weeks both sides, as well as some media outlets, began to talk about the possibility of normalization of relations.