Tripartite summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey on April 4 Turkey, Russia and Iran’s head of state will hold a summit in Ankara on April 4, Turkish media reported.

Tripartite summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey on April 4
Turkey, Russia and Iran’s head of state will hold a summit in Ankara on April 4, Turkish media reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Turkey next week for the tripartite summit on Syria. Erdogan, Putin and Rouhani will discuss the situation in Syria.

In December 2016, to resolve the conflict in Syria, Turkey, Russia and Iran as guarantor countries started the Astana process which run in parallel to the negotiations of the United Nations taking place in Geneva.

According to the press office of the Turkish Prime Ministry, Putin will arrive Ankara earlier on April 3 to attend the seventh High-Level Cooperation Council meeting between Turkey and Russia.

Sponsor of Syria’s Assad regime, Russia played a major role on the invasion of Afrin by opening Syria’s airspace to Turkish warplanes. Iran, a close ally of Russia, has a large military presence among Syrian army.

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