Turkish President Russia's mediation expectations remain strong, Oct. 20 at 12:42

In northern Syria, fighting continues in part after Turkey agreed with the United States to suspend military operations against Kurdish forces. Under such circumstances, Turkey's President Erdogan expressed his expectation for mediation of Russian President Vladimir Putin who takes the lead in the region.

Turkey and the United States agreed to suspend the military operation for five days on the 17th, over Turkey's military operations against the Kurdish forces in northern Syria. And the Kurdish forces are accusing each other if their opponents do not stop attacking.

Under these circumstances, after the US withdrew the army from northern Syria, Russia, which deepens relations with Turkey and Kurdish forces, and Syria's Assad regime, respectively, embarked on the mediation, President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan on September 22 I plan to meet at Sochi.

Earlier, President Erdogan expressed his expectation for Russian mediation on the 19th, saying, “We must find a solution in the meeting with President Putin.”

On the other hand, he said, “If we can't find a breakthrough, we will continue our strategy,” and we have not broken our strong attitude.

Turkey is aiming to eliminate the Kurdish power from about 30 km from the border in Syrian territory and to establish a `` safe zone '' managed by Turkey, and it is still unpredictable whether Russia will mediate the situation is.