“In the near future, just like the process with Egypt began, it can also start similarly with Syria,” RIA Novosti quotes Erdogan, whose words are quoted by the Anadolu agency.
He noted that there are no offenses in politics.
Earlier, the special representative of the President of Russia for the SAR, Alexander Lavrentyev, said that the Russian delegation tried to convince Turkish colleagues at a meeting in Astana to refrain from conducting an operation in Syria.
Erdogan said that Turkey does not rule out a ground operation in Syria and Iraq after its air part.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stressed that Turkey's ground operation in Syria could increase tension in the region and lead to an increase in terrorist activity.