ANKARA —
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 5, the Turkish
presidency said.
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The two leaders held their first meeting since
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a Syria summit in Tehran on
July 19.
Erdogan has tried to thrust Turkey — on good terms
with both Moscow and
Kyiv — into the center of diplomatic efforts to try and
halt the five-month war.
Turkey worked with the UN to get the warring sides
to sign a deal in Istanbul last week aimed at resuming grain shipments across
the Black Sea.
Russia in turn has been concerned by Erdogan’s
threats to launch a new military incursion into northern Syria.
Russia and Iran have supported the Syrian government
in the decade-long conflict while Turkey has backed various rebel groups.
Both Putin and Iranian leaders urged Erdogan against
launching a new Syrian offensive last week.
Analysts believe that Turkey would prefer to get Russia and
Iran’s approval before starting a new campaign against Kurdish militants in
northern Syria that Ankara views as “terrorists”.
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