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After the end of the Syrian civil war and the December 8 revolution, diplomatic relations between Türkiye and Syria began to become active again.
ASLIHAN ALTAY KARATAŞ Ankara - With this first visit after the end of the civil war in Syria and the December 8 revolution, the High Level Strategic Cooperation period will begin between the two countries.
Before the visit to Damascus, contacts between the two countries intensified. While Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Hasan Şeybani came to Ankara on 6 August, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan went to Damascus on 13-14 September. At the joint press conference he held with his counterpart here, Fidan announced that Erdogan was planning a visit to Syria soon and that they were reviewing the work that the high planning group could do before the visit.
First meeting of the council
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Erdogan's visit to Syria will take place soon.
Likely · Within weeks

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