"Syrian government and Syrian opposition should move toward ensuring peace and stability in the country with such important regional players as Russia and the United States and, naturally, Turkey… [We] need not just the return to Geneva format, it is necessary to formulate a new political strategy within the framework of these issues based on talks between with United States and Russia on Turkey's more active involvement in negotiations and securing peace in the region," Logoglu said.
According to the diplomat, the peace could be established much sooner in the region if Turkey took the initiative by, firstly, concluding the Operation Euphrates Shield against militants of the Daesh terrorist group and beginning cooperation with the Syrian government.
The diplomat added that the government forces, who had taken back most of the Aleppo districts previously held by rebels, had to ensure safety of Aleppo residents and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
"The success of the government army in Aleppo does not mean that the number of clashes in Syria will significantly decrease, but the situation in Aleppo changes the power balance in favor of the Syrian authorities psychologically, as well as strategically and militarily," Logoglu said.
Geneva peace talks on Syria were scheduled for February 2016, but were suspended two days after they began.
Over the recent months Aleppo, as the last large urban stronghold of militants, has become a major battleground in Syrian civil war. The government forces have recently been able to make significant progress in their offensive on eastern Aleppo.
