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Sunday, February 06, 2011

AFP: Turkish PM praises growing ties with Syria

"Turkish PM praises growing ties with Syria

(AFP) – 4 hours ago

DAMASCUS — Turkey's prime minister on Sunday praised booming ties with one-time foe Syria, saying that a joint dam project at the border between the two neighbours would further strengthen cooperation.

'We want the whole region to prosper, together with Turkey... that we struggle not to walk all over each other but to help each other. And we have achieved this with Syria,' Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in televised remarks at the Turkish-Syrian border."

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