Erdogan Called Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad

A few regional issues were discussed in a recent phone conversation between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, initiated by Erdogan, before the Arab League Summit in Libya, reports Turkish news agency Cihan.

No information on the details of the phone conversation have been reported yet.

Yesterday, al-Assad held a joint press conference with visiting Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Damascus, in which the Syrian president offered to act as mediator between Armenia and Turkey.