Turkey offered to negotiate with Syria in January

The defense ministers of Russia, Syria and Turkey held trilateral talks in Moscow this week to discuss ways to resolve the Syrian crisis, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier. “After the meeting, the parties noted the constructive nature of the dialogue in this format and that it should continue to further stabilize the situation in the Arab Republic and the region as a whole,” the ministry said. Hürriyet newspaper noted that the meetings between the heads of military departments in Moscow were the first official talks between Ankara and Damascus in 11 years.