Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that there are currently no agreements on holding a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Russia, but he said, "It is theoretically possible."
Peskov said in response to journalists' questions on Wednesday: "Theoretically it is possible, but there are no agreements about that," according to what was quoted by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
The Kremlin’s comment comes after statements by Erdogan, in which he said that there is no permanent rivalry in the world of politics, in response to a question by a journalist in the Turkish Parliament about the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, Dolt Bahceli, announcing his support for Erdogan’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in Qatar, and his proposal to conduct Meeting with Bashar al-Assad.
Erdogan said, "This is possible. There is no permanent anger or rivalry in politics. Steps are taken in this regard, sooner or later, in the most appropriate circumstance."
The "National Movement" is an ally of the ruling Justice and Development Party headed by Erdogan in the "People's Alliance".
And last Monday, Erdogan described his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart on the sidelines of the opening of the World Cup in Qatar, as a first step taken to launch a new path between the two countries.
Last week, Erdogan said that his country could reconsider its relations with both Egypt and Syria, after the upcoming elections in June 2023.
Turkish media had hinted at the possibility of a meeting between Erdogan and Assad in Russia, to end more than ten years of estrangement against the background of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in early 2011.