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Russia, Türkiye FMs Discuss Holding Fresh Syria Meeting 

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cuba's President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cuba's President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Russia, Türkiye FMs Discuss Holding Fresh Syria Meeting 

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cuba's President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cuba's President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernandez, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia and Türkiye’s foreign ministers discussed holding another three-way Türkiye-Syria-Russia ministers' meeting in a phone call on Saturday, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber said, adding that the meeting could take place in the second half of January. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the two had discussed the situation in Syria on their call. 

In a sign of normalization between Ankara and Damascus, Türkiye’s defense minister and intelligence chief met with their Syrian counterparts in Moscow in a trilateral meeting also attended by Russian officials on Wednesday, marking a first in the decade-long Syrian war. 

The three sides agreed to continue with the meetings, the Turkish defense ministry said after Wednesday's gathering. 

TRT Haber said on Saturday it was not yet clear where the next trilateral foreign ministers meeting would be held. 

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EU's Kallas Says Happy to Read about Macron's Syria Sanctions Relief Proposal

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister at the EU Foreign Ministers informal meeting in Gymnich format, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister at the EU Foreign Ministers informal meeting in Gymnich format, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
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EU's Kallas Says Happy to Read about Macron's Syria Sanctions Relief Proposal

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister at the EU Foreign Ministers informal meeting in Gymnich format, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister at the EU Foreign Ministers informal meeting in Gymnich format, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 8, 2025. (AFP)

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that she was happy to read that France's President Emmanuel Macron had proposed sanctions relief for Syria.

Macron said on Wednesday he would urge the EU to end sanctions on Syria when they come up for renewal in June.

"We have currently the ongoing discussions about the sanctions relief on Syria, and I was happy to read that actually President Macron is in favor of the relief of sanctions," Kallas told reporters in Warsaw.