Turkey's messages conveyed only

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahnmet Davutoglu has said the messages he conveyed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a Damascus meeting on Tuesday were those of Turkey's only. "I would like to express this openly and clearly: We have conveyed Turkey's messages only. As the foreign minister of Turkey, I could only pass on our government's views and talk only within that framework" Davutoglu told reporters in a press conference in the Turkish capital in response to a question whether he conveyed any U.S. messages to the Syrian president. Davutoglu said he passed to Assad a letter from Turkish President Abdullah Gul and relayed the messages of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a six and a half our meeting in Damascus. "During our meeting, we have once again shared frankly and resolutely with our Syrian brothers our views on all issues. And Mr Asad expressed his own views in our tete-a-tete meeting and the gathering between the Turkish and Syrian delegations", Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said he also shared Turkey's views regarding steps needed to be taken to stop violent incidents, and to prevent confrontation between the Syrian people and the Syrian army. "Our priority is to devise a way to end bloodshed in Syria. Our only goal is to secure an environment where all Syrian people regardless of their ethnic or religious backgrounds could live in peace," he said "We will continue to watch developments in Syria very closely. We hope that coming days and weeks will prove successful in maintaining peace and stability in the country with steps to secure political reforms that would meet the will of the Syrian people."