Recent developments and the Astana process on Syria, which led to creating de-escalation zones in Syria between the Assad militias and internationally recognized opposition groups, is expected to be top issue of the meeting.
The latest situation in Syria and the Astana process that established a process of de-escalation in Syria between the regime militias and the internationally recognized opposition tops the agenda of the meeting.
De-escalation zones have been established in Idlib province. Yet, the Assad regime has not refrained from carrying out some attacks on the opposition. Turkey says Idlib is a red line, and if Assad continues attacks, the Astana talks will fail.
Negotiations are urgently needed to avert "a civilian bloodbath" in Syria’s last major opposition bastion Idlib, the United Nations said Thursday, after Assad militias shelled the area ahead of an expected assault.
"The war cannot be allowed to go to Idlib," the head of the United Nations humanitarian task force for Syria, Jan Egeland, told reporters in Geneva.
Idlib is home to about 2.5 million people, up to half of whom are rebels and civilians transferred en masse from other territory that fell to Assad militias after intense assaults.
Egeland added that ensuring that Turkey keeps its border open for those who might flee an assault by Assad is also a priority for the UN
The meeting of the two ministers is considered preliminary to the quartet meeting in Istanbul between Turkey, Russia, Germany and France. The quartet meeting where solutions for crises in Syria and Iraq are expected to be the main topic was announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 28 during his visit to the BRICS summit.
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