In a two-day visit to Turkey Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul discussed issues pertaining the Armenia-Turkey relations, local Turkish daily Sabah reports.

With Turkey-Syria bilateral relations on the agenda al-Asad and Gul touched upon issues such as the recent developments in the Armenia-Turkey normalization, Syria-Iran, Syria-Azerbaijan and Syria-Israel relations, as well as the current situation in the Middle East.

Al-Asad drew attention to the importance of the development of relations between Turkey and Armenia in the Caucasus.

According to Sabah Bashar al-Asad held a meeting also with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The paper mentions no other details as to whether or not they discussed the Armenia-Turkey normalization.

Earlier Bashar al-Asad said during Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Syria from March 22-24 that Syria is ready to mediate between Ankara and Yerevan.