Russia says Turkey told Moscow no new Syria operation planned: Report

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Russia says Turkey told Moscow no new Syria operation planned: Report
November 20, 2019, 11:17 am

Russia says Turkey told Moscow no new Syria operation planned: Report

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference in 2018. (File photo Reuters)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Ankara had assured Moscow that it did not plan to launch a new military operation in Syria despite earlier comments, the TASS news agency reported.

Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu agency on Monday cited Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying Ankara would launch a new military operation in northeast Syria if the area was not cleared of what he called terrorists.

Lavrov also said that the withdrawal of Kurdish militants in northern Syria was almost complete, RIA reported.

source:Reuters

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