World Press on Russian-Turkish dispute over Syria (December 7, 2012)

Hurriyet published an article by Murat Yetkin devoted to the Russian-Turkish dispute over Syria. The article as headlined "Turkey, Russia work on new plan for Syria." "According to Turkish sources, Russian and Turkish parties have also shared the view that the extension of the existing situation in Syria could mean more loss of life in the country and democracy would be the best regime for a “new Syria,” the article reads

"Ankara and Moscow still do not fully agree on how to handle the political change in Syria. “Russia insists on a Syrian-owned process,” the ranking Turkish source told Daily News, “and we say that the Syrian opposition as it is now already consists of native elements,” the author writes

"As both sides are doing their part to see whether a more result-oriented effort is possible (including rejected Russian proposals to Assad to secure a new life outside of Syria, in a Latin American country, for example), it appears that a conference next week might play a key role. That is the Friends of the Syrian People conference to be held on Dec. 12 in Rabat, Morocco, which the newly formed Syrian National Coalition is expected to attend for the first time. The Turkish side believes that depending on the structure and stance of the Syrian opposition in Morocco, there may be new steps from Russia that might speed up the process of political change in Syria," Yetkin concludes.