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title: "Erdoğan-Assad talks likely to take place in Moscow"
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**This report is from the end of July**

[Daily Sabah](https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/erdogan-assad-talks-likely-to-take-place-in-moscow)

> The much-anticipated meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Syrian leader Bashar Assad is expected to take place in Moscow, sources said.
> 
> Since [both countries’ leaders have implied intentions to support normalization](https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/meeting-to-revive-turkiye-syria-ties-depends-on-content-assad) and hold a series of talks in the past months, discussions have been ongoing over where to hold the critical meeting on the level of presidents.
> 
> Erdoğan recently said that he plans to offer to hold the talks in Türkiye, inviting Assad, or a third country. On the other side, Iraq recently voiced its own intention to host the talks in the capital Baghdad.
> 
> *“The first meeting between Erdoğan and Assad is planned to be held in the Russian capital Moscow,”* a source familiar with the issue told Daily Sabah. “*Putin will mediate the talks while Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani might be invited,*” the source said, adding that the meeting might happen as of August.
> 
> “*The issue of withdrawal of Turkish forces is no precondition but has been agreed to be discussed later to be achieved eventually,”* the source said.
> 
> The source further added that trade would top the agenda during the first meeting, indicating that[ trade had already started through Abu Zindan.](https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/news-analysis/turkiye-syria-normalization-a-fragile-affair)

**These claims were later rejected.**

**I’m still watching for this meeting to possibly and hopefully take place.** **For many reasons.**