Turkey ready to work with Russia on Syrian ceasefire, aid - foreign minister

Record ID: 83467

  • Title: Turkey ready to work with Russia on Syrian ceasefire, aid - foreign minister
  • Date: 29th September 2016
  • Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 29, 2016) (REUTERS) LATVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, EDGARS RINKEVICS, AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, WALKING TO PODIUMS JOURNALISTS LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, SAYING: "After the normalisation of our relations, we are discussing the same issues with Russia." JOURNALISTS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, SAYING: "If Russia wants to cooperate on [a] ceasefire and humanitarian aid, we are more than ready." JOURNALISTS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, SAYING: "We didn't assign an ambassador to Tel Aviv yet. But in the forthcoming days, we'll request an agreement for our ambassadors for both sides." JOURNALISTS LISTENING CAVUSOGLU AND RINKEVICS SHAKING HANDS AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 14th October 2016 13:04
  • Keywords: Turkey foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Syria Russia Latvia Edgars Rinkevics Ankara
  • Location: ANKARA, TURKEY
  • City: ANKARA, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVA00151MDF7R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Turkey is "more than ready" to coordinate with Russia on a Syrian ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian assistance if the Kremlin is willing to do so, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday (September 29).
    Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara, while hosting Latvia's foreign minister, that Turkey had discussed the issues of ceasefire and humanitarian aid with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday (September 28).
    "After the normalisation of our relations, we are discussing the same issues with Russia," Cavusoglu said.
    "If Russia wants to cooperate on ceasefire and humanitarian aid, we are more than ready."
    The Turkish foreign minister also addressed relations with Israel, following the Turkish parliament's approval in August of a reconciliation agreement signed in June which has brought to an end a six-year rift between the two regional powers.
    "We didn't assign an ambassador to Tel Aviv yet. But in the forthcoming days, we'll request an agreement for our ambassadors for both sides," Cavusoglu said, referring to the diplomatic term 'agreement' which diplomatic courtesy requires before a state appoints a chief of mission in another state.
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