Salem al-Meslet, head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, denied reports that Turkey intended to open a dialogue with the Syrian regime.
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“During our meetings with Turkish officials, we did not hear any intention of Ankara to go towards normalization or to open opportunities of dialogue with the regime,” Meslet said in a press conference at the coalition headquarters in Istanbul.
“No friendly country can cooperate with a regime that has killed and displaced Syrians; Turkey is a friendly country,” he said.
Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper recently reported discussions in Ankara to improve relations with the Syrian regime.
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Bashar al-Assad’s government has also denied that there is a rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara, and stressed that Syria’s position on the “terrorist” Erdogan has not changed.
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