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Erdoğan says no agreement yet on four-way Syria summit

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09:53 - 25/02/2020 Tuesday
Update: 10:31 - 25/02/2020 Tuesday
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that there was not yet full agreement on holding a proposed March 5 summit with Russia, France and Germany on the conflict in Syria's Idlib, but he may meet Russia's Vladimir Putin on that date.

At a news conference in Ankara before departing on a trip to Azerbaijan, Erdogan said that a Russian delegation was set to come to Turkey on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Idlib.

Idlib, near Turkey's southern border, falls within a de-escalation zone laid out in a deal between Turkey and Russia in late 2018.

The Syrian regime and its allies, however, have consistently broken the terms of the ceasefire, launching frequent attacks inside the territory, where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.

The de-escalation zone is currently home to about four million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces throughout the war-torn country.

Turkey has called for an immediate halt to the attacks on Idlib and for the ceasefire to be followed, inviting the international community to take action.

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