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In the first official statement in response to Turkey’s recent invitations for talks, the ministry has set a return to the pre-2011 status quo as the condition for normalization.

Defense Minister of Turkey announced that the meeting where the defense ministers and heads of intelligence services of the four countries will meet is planned to take place in Moscow tomorrow.

Commenting on recent Türkiye-Syria rapprochement, Middle East analyst Aron Lund says, “I don’t think ‘normal’ ties are on the table in the foreseeable future. When one country occupies part of another, how normal can relations get?”

Speaking at the Doha Conference in Qatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has stated that they can consider working with Syria President Bashar al Assad in the event that he wins a democratic election.

Russian FM Lavrov has said that they understand both Turkey’s concerns about Syria and Kurds’ wishes.

Deputy FM of Syria Mekdad has interviewed BBC. “Syria has every right to respond to such offensive”, Mekdad said concerning Turkey's offensive into Afrin.

“Present convictions on who launched the attack on behalf of which group are unfortunately not true”, PM Yıldırım remarked about the Antep attack.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has stated that a land operation into Syria must involve all coalition countries.