Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Syria's newly appointed president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, had discussed in Ankara on Tuesday steps to be taken against Kurdish militants in northeast Syria.
Speaking alongside Sharaa at a news conference in Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey was ready to help Syria's new leadership in the battle against both Islamic State and Kurdish militants.
Erdogan also said he believed the voluntary return of Syrian migrants would accelerate as Syria became more stable.
He said Turkey would continue to press for the lifting of international sanctions imposed on Syria during former President Bashar al-Assad's rule, adding that it was important for Arab and Muslim countries to support the new Damascus government - financially and otherwise - in the period of transition.
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