
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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