 Turkey and Syria on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement to bolster bilateral economic ties and exchanged views on the situation in their common neighbour, Iraq. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew to Damascus on a two-day visit aimed at cementing improved ties between the two countries which nearly went to war in 1998 over Turkish charges that Syria was harbouring Turkish Kurdish guerrillas. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a landmark visit to Turkey in January to bury the hatchet after years of tension over the rebels and disputes over land and water resources.| "Yeah, Mr. Erdogan, I know we're not the EU and all, but at least you get to sign a treaty with someone!" |
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