Russia announced readiness of Ankara and Damascus to get closer

Moscow receives signals from Ankara and Damascus about the readiness to take steps towards each other, hopes for the Syrian-Turkish rapprochement, it is necessary, they must live in friendship, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev.

“We hope that gradually we will witness a certain Syrian-Turkish rapprochement, it is simply necessary, because these are two neighboring states that should live in friendship. I think that those signals that we are We have, according to the readiness of both the Turkish and Syrian side, to take certain steps towards each other, these are steps in the right direction that will prevent such tragic incidents related to the death of the civilian population, ”he said during the press conference according to the results of 19 -I International meeting on Syria in the “Astana format”.