High-level delegations from Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Iraq will meet in Amman on Sunday to discuss security cooperation and regional developments, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a Turkish diplomatic source.
Last month Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the four countries would take steps toward jointly combating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region and that they intended to hold a first meeting on the issue in Jordan.
Foreign ministers will attend the meeting as well as defense ministers or military commanders, along with the heads of intelligence organizations of the four countries, the anonymous source told Reuters.
The officials will discuss cooperation in the areas of security, combating terrorism and organized crime as well as regional developments, Reuters cited the source as saying.
Since the ousting of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, Western and regional countries have warned of a possible resurgence of ISIL.
Thousands of members of the militant group are being held in prison camps in northeast Syria, guarded by the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Turkey regards the SDF and the YPG militia that spearheads the group as terrorists, and says the prisons must be handed over to Syria’s new leadership and that the YPG should disarm.