Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refuted reports claiming that he held a secret meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, a media report said on Tuesday.
“I did not meet Assad, and I have no intention of meeting him,” Erdogan said, commenting on social media reports about holding secret talks at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
On a new military operation to expel Al Qaeda-linked terrorists from Idlib of northern Syria, Erdogan said the situation in Idlib was developing positively.