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Turkish-Saudi ground operation in Syria not on agenda: Cavusoglu

Published: 22 Feb 2016 - 12:07 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 10:02 am
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Reuters 

 

ANKARA: A military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.

Russian air strikes were the biggest obstacle to achieving a ceasefire in Syria, Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara. He said the Syrian opposition, which said on Saturday it had agreed to the "possibility" of a temporary truce, would meet in Riyadh on Tuesday. 

Reuters