Syrian President Not to Meet Turkish Counterpart: AKP

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Damascus has turned down Ankara's request for a meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a senior member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

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Orhan Miroglu told Russia's Sputnik news agency that "Syria intends to put off the meeting until after the Turkish presidential election," w