Turkish Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Anas Aminoğlu visited the Syrian capital, Damascus, where he held talks with his Syrian counterpart, Jamal al-Sharif, on ways to develop cooperation between the two countries in youth and sports.
Turkish Ambassador to Damascus Nuh Yılmaz also attended the meeting. The two sides discussed joint steps that could be taken in the coming period and agreed to prepare a draft memorandum of understanding to place bilateral cooperation within an institutional framework.

The talks addressed opportunities for cooperation in organizing youth camps, developing youth centers, launching training programs for athletes and coaches, and rehabilitating sports facilities.
The two sides also discussed developing relations between sports federations in Türkiye and Syria, as well as strengthening communication and exchanging expertise between sports institutions in the two countries.

Meeting Syrian and Turkish youth in Damascus
On the sidelines of the visit, Aminoğlu met with a group of Syrian and Turkish young people in the capital, Damascus, and answered their questions about youth and sports issues.
During the meeting, the Turkish deputy minister presented his country's experience in youth and sports and spoke about Ankara's vision for developing cooperation with Syria in these two fields.
The visit comes במסגרת communications between Turkish and Syrian institutions aimed at expanding areas of bilateral cooperation and strengthening ties between young people and sports institutions in the two countries.