Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his country was ready to mediate between Israel and Syria and his foreign minister would start to work on this soon.
According to Erdogan, both sides had responded positively to Turkey's offer to mediate.
"So we are involved in this work and in a very short period of time our foreign minister will start working for this endeavor," he said during a press conference, Reuters reported.
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