A Turkish foreign ministry official told reporters on Monday, "(The meeting) will be to understand the views of all three sides, laying out where we all stand and discuss where we go from here…It is not a miracle meeting, but will give all sides a chance to listen to each other."
The three nations will seek to reconcile major differences in their perspectives on Damascus, namely, Turkey's desire to see Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad removed from power while Russia and Iran support the leader of the embattled country.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that the leaders, "Hope to speak in detail and concrete terms with those who can really bring about an improvement in the situation on the ground, while our Western partners are busier with rhetoric and propaganda and aren’t influencing those who listen to them."
