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Idlib deal going as planned, no issue in implementation: Turkey

Speaking at a joint news conference with his Azeri and Iranian counterparts in Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that an agreement between Turkey and Russia to stave off a major Assad regime offensive in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province was continuing according to plan and there are no issues in its implementation."

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Published October 30,2018
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An agreement between Turkey and Russia to stave off a major Assad regime offensive in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province is continuing according to plan and there are no issues in its implementation, Turkeys foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a joint news conference with his Azeri and Iranian counterparts in Istanbul, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also said if terrorists or radical groups in Idlib displayed a "different approach" to that of the agreement, Turkey would intervene.