Putin Visits Ankara Monday for Talks on Syria, Jerusalem

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017 (Reuters/ Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017 (Reuters/ Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool)
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Putin Visits Ankara Monday for Talks on Syria, Jerusalem

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017 (Reuters/ Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017 (Reuters/ Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool)

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey on Monday upon an invitation from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and the recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Turkish presidency said on Friday.

Erdogan, who concluded a two-day visit to Greece on Friday - the first for Turkish president in 65 years - made a telephone call to Putin on Thursday evening, focusing on US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The Turkish president told his Russian counterpart that the international community and the United Nations have rejected Israel’s decision in 1980 to annex Jerusalem and stressed that the recent US decision on Jerusalem negatively affected the peace and stability of the region.

According to sources in the Turkish presidency, Putin said he shared Erdogan’s stance in this regard and assured that he would follow up on the related developments and maintain close talks between the two countries on bilateral and international issues.

The meeting between Erdogan and Putin on Monday will be the eighth between the two presidents this year. The last meeting was held in Sochi on November 23, with the participation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and was aimed to discuss the Syrian crisis.

Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Turkish and Russian presidents would continue on Monday discussions over the de-escalation zones in Idlib and the situation in the city of Afrin, as well as the Syrian national dialogue conference, which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi in February.



Trump Says there Could Be a Gaza Deal Next Week

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One on the way to New Jersey, US, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One on the way to New Jersey, US, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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Trump Says there Could Be a Gaza Deal Next Week

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One on the way to New Jersey, US, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One on the way to New Jersey, US, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

President Donald Trump said on Friday it was good that Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal.

He told reporters aboard Air Force One there could be a deal on a Gaza ceasefire by next week but that he had not been briefed on the current state of negotiations.

Hamas announced on Friday that it has completed its internal consultations, as well as discussions with Palestinian factions and forces, regarding the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators to end the assault on the Gaza Strip.

In a press statement, the movement confirmed that it had submitted its response to the mediators, describing it as positive. Hamas also expressed its readiness to immediately engage in serious negotiations on the mechanism for implementing the proposed framework.

A Palestinian official familiar with the matter told Reuters that Hamas had submitted its response to the US-brokered ceasefire proposal, describing it as positive and likely to facilitate reaching an agreement.