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Turkey aims to establish Syria ceasefire before new year, foreign minister says

Published: 29 Dec 2016 - 10:35 am | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 04:29 pm
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Reuters

ANKARA: Turkey aims to establish a ceasefire in Syria before the new year, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that Ankara would not hold talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkey said on Wednesday that it and Russia had prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria. Details about the agreement remain hazy.

Cavusoglu told broadcaster AHaber in an interview that Turkey, along with Russia, aimed to be a guarantor of the ceasefire.