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Turkey 'offered Syria support' if Brotherhood given posts

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29-09-2011 | 12:00

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Turkey 'offered Syria support' if Brotherhood given posts

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad refuses a Turkish offer to assign Muslim Brotherhood members to posts in the government in exchange of Ankara's support in ending the domestic turmoil.

The plan, which would have required that at least a quarter of ministerial positions went to the currently banned organization, was initially mooted over the summer.

"In June, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered, if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ensured between a quarter and a third of ministers in his government were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, to make a commitment to use all his influence to end the rebellion," a Western diplomat told AFP.

"The head of the Syrian state refused such a proposal," said the diplomat, who did not want to be named.

-AFP

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