“We maintain contact with Syria at the level of intelligence departments, the head of our intelligence is discussing coordination with the Syrian (colleague. -

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) within the framework of our needs,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying in an interview with A Haber TV channel.

Kalyn said that the contact is being made to minimize the threats to Turkey from terrorist groups.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey does not exclude a ground operation in Syria and Iraq after its air part.

At the same time, he noted that he does not exclude the normalization of relations with Syria in the near future.

According to him, there are no offenses in politics.