After America’s withdrawal: Russia and Turkey want to cooperate more closely in Syria

in view of the planned withdrawal of American troops from Syria, Russia and Turkey want to co-ordinate a common approach in the civil war, the country better. “Under these new conditions, we want to work on country together more closely, and so finally the threat of terrorism to fight,” said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday after a Meeting with the Turkish Delegation in Moscow, the Agency Tass according to.

We have agreed on steps to liberate all the regions of Syria, of terrorist groups, said the Turkish chief diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu. Details were not called.

With the according to the Anadolu Agency about 90 minutes to Meet with the Turkish defense Minister Hulusi Akar and his Russian colleague Sergei Shoigu were present. Also a possible Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be in next year’s issue.

The U.S. government had proclaimed little more than a week, surprisingly, the withdrawal of its ground troops from Syria, as the terrorist militia “Islamic state” (IS) had been defeated in Syria to a large extent. According to the White house has already begun. The process could take several months. It shifts the balance of power in the country.