World News: There is no reason not to install it: Erdogan

ANKARA Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said there is no reason not to restore ties with Syria, according to media reports. “Just as we were together in the past in developing relations with Syria, we will work together in the same way,” Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul. Xinhua news agency According to the report, the Turkish leader also said that Turkey has no intention of interfering in Syria’s internal affairs. “Because the Syrian people are a community with whom we live together as brotherly nations,” he said. Erdogan reminded that Turkey had maintained vibrant relations with Syria in the past,

He added, “There is no doubt that such engagements could resume in the future.” On Wednesday, the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country is open to initiatives regarding its relations with Turkey. Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in March 2011, Turkey’s relations with Syria have become quite tense. Ankara has allied itself with several opposition groups against the Syrian government. Since 2015, Turkey has launched several military operations in Syria, accusing the Syrian government of supporting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish rebel group that has been declared a terrorist organization by Turkey.