ANKARA, Mar 10 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish and Russian military delegations, will hold talks in Turkey’s capital Ankara, on Tuesday, to discuss the functioning of a security corridor around key M4 highway, in Idlib province of northwestern Syria.
The meeting will be held with the Russian Military Committee, within the framework of the agreement reached in Moscow on Mar 5, 2020, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Turkey and Russia agreed on a new cease-fire for Idlib, after tensions escalated between Turkish army and the Syrian government and its allies.
The cease-fire, which took effect on Mar 6, aims to end all military activities in Idlib, with the establishment of a security corridor, six km to the north and south of the M4 highway.
Joint Turkish-Russian patrols will also begin on Mar 15, along the M4 highway from the settlement of Trumba, two km to the west of Saraqib, to the settlement of Ain al-Havr, according to the agreement.
The permanent truce eased the tension in the region, after at least 59 Turkish soldiers were killed in conflicts, according to the Defence Ministry.
Turkey launched Operation Spring Shield on Feb 27, after the deaths of 34 Turkish soldiers in a Syrian government airstrike in Idlib province.
Turkish troops were deployed in Idlib, under the Sochi deal, brokered by Ankara and Moscow in 2018, aiming at a cease-fire in the last rebel stronghold.
