New Syria-Turkish dialogue

Spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry Sarmad Atanknli said his country seeks to start a new dialogue with Syria in order to improve the tense relations between the two countries, resulting from successive disputes.

The spokesman said a Syrian delegation may visit Ankara following the visit of a Turkish delegation to Damascus to discuss issues of mutual concern.

Atanknli added that the Turkish delegation has once against stressed to the Syrian delegation that developing relations with Israel does not target a third state and that Turkey is still committed to the Middle East peace process.