Turkish diplomat: Syrian leadership could play role in solving crisis
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MOSCOW - The Turkish government believes that the current Syrian leadership could potentially take part in talks aimed at resolving the Syria crisis, the RIA news agency quoted Umit Yardim, Turkey's ambassador to Russia, as saying on Thursday.
"We want the existing political leadership of the country to take part in the negotiation process," it cited Yardim as telling a news conference in Moscow.
Yardim also said Ankara was not opposed to the current Syrian leadership playing some kind of a role in a possible political transition, the TASS news agency reported.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a TV interview that a political transition in Syria with President Bashar Assad was not possible however.
