The fine details of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun to surface.
It turns out Putin's reference to "new ideas we will be working on" was a direct referral to a new proposal put forth by Prime Minister Erdoğan.
During the meeting, Erdoğan is stated to have said to Putin, "Regional countries should be influential in reaching a solution to the crisis in Syria. We propose a mechanism that would involve Iran, Egypt and Turkey working together. You should also be included in this tripartite mechanism which would make it a quartet. Let's work together to solve this issue."
According to Prime Ministry sources, Erdoğan's proposal was received affirmatively by President Putin. It seems Putin has been persuaded to accept a new administrative formula for Syria which does not include Assad.
This is a translation of an article originally written by Yahya Bostan.