Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek, in an exclusive interview with TRT World, also expresses hope for Turkey's accession to the EU and says that talks between the two sides must continue.
People of the Syrian town where a chemical attack killed nearly 90 people on April 4 are returning home, but they're worried about living in a place marked by death. France says the Assad regime ordered the strike.
The UN mediator for Syria says he will hold talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov in Geneva on Monday and that the US has declined to take part in any trilateral meetings for now.
Thousands of civilians and fighters in four besieged Sunni and Shia towns are being evacuated in a deal brokered by Qatar and Iran. Separately, France's foreign minister says Assad comments denying the Idlib chemical attack were "100% lies."
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says there would be "no winner" in any war and that "dialogue is the only possible solution."
The foreign ministers at the summit agreed there can be no peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria with Bashar al Assad in power.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel welcomed the US attack on Syria. But regime allies Russia and Iran condemned the cruise missile strike and Indonesia criticised it as a violation of the norms of international dispute resolution.
The fresh call came a day after the suspected chemical attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria's Idlib that killed over 70 people.
The next French president is likely to shift the country's policy on the ongoing conflict, with each candidate having their own distinct view on what the solution is.
Partial vote counts on Thursday show Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte easily defeating a strong challenge by far-right rival Geert Wilders. Many relieved European leaders have dubbed it as a "vote against extremists".
As the advancement continues, a regime official cited a previous timetable believed to have been drawn up to guard against any change of policy by incoming US president, Donald Trump.
The meeting is convened after the Syrian regime launched a fresh offensive last week to recapture entire Aleppo resulting in deaths of over 340 civilians.
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