Critical visit in Ankara! The place and time of the Erdoğan-Assad meeting have been determined

President Erdoğan said at the beginning of the month that they could send an invitation to Syrian President Bashar Assad at any time regarding Turkey’s normalization process with Syria, and that Russian leader Putin had made approaches regarding the meeting. It was revealed that the critical meeting was finalized during a special visit to Ankara by the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin.

According to the news in Türkiye Newspaper; It was learned that the intelligence officers of the two countries, who are carrying out the normalization process between Turkey and Syria, had 3 critical meetings in the last month. It was noted that Naryshkin discussed details such as the date and country assignment regarding the Assad-Erdogan summit with MIT Director İbrahim Kalın and that the final shape was given to the critical meeting.

ANKARA POINTS TO KESEP AS THE MEETING PLACE

While it has been stated that President Erdoğan may meet with both Russian leader Putin and Assad, a claim has also been made regarding the meeting place. It is stated that Ankara is considering the Kessep Gate option on the Turkey-Syria border. While the process regarding the critical meeting continues, it is expected that the two leaders will meet in August.

IT WAS CLAIMED THAT THEY WOULD MEET IN MOSCOW

On the other hand; after Assad visited Russia and met with Putin in recent days, it was claimed that the meeting between Turkey and Syria would be held in Moscow. Diplomatic sources quickly denied the claims that Erdogan and Assad would meet in Moscow.