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Erdogan to meet leaders of Russia, France and Germany over Idlib

2020-02-23 10:17:36       source:CGTN

February 23, 2020


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he would hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on March 5 to discuss the escalating violence in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib. 


The announcement came a day after two European Union heavyweights, France and Germany, called for a four-party summit involving the Turkish and Russian leaders. 

"We will come together on March 5 and discuss these issues," Erdogan said in a televised speech to his party supporters in the western province of Izmir, following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and a teleconference with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday. 


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