Erdogan, Syria's Sharaa hold talks in Istanbul
The visit comes the day after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration issued orders that it said would effectively lift sanctions on Syria. Mr. Trump had pledged to unwind the measures to help the country rebuild after its devastating civil war.
Video footage on Turkish television showed Erdogan shaking hands with Mr. Sharaa as he emerged from his car at the Dolmabahce Palace on the shores of the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey's largest city.
The two countries' Foreign Ministers also attended the talks, as well as Turkey's Defence Minister and the head of the Turkish MIT intelligence agency, according to Turkey's state-owned Anadolu news agency.
The Syrian delegation also included Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, according to Syrian state news agency SANA.
MIT chief Ibrahim Kalin and Mr. Sharaa on this week held talks in Syria on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militant group laying down its weapons and integrating into Syrian security forces, a Turkish security source said previously.
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