ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is to make a brief visit to Syria to discus the conflict in Lebanon, his ministry said Monday.
A statement said he would meet Tuesday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his counterpart Walid al-Muallem, returning to Ankara the same day.
Gul visited Israel Sunday and was in Lebanon last Wednesday where he discussed possible Turkish participation in an enhanced United Nations peacekeeping force.
Turkey is ready to contribute to such a force, as provided for by United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, but has taken no formal decision.
08/21/2006 09:44 GMT