Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said on Thursday that Turkey is pleased that Syria and Iraq have re-established diplomatic relations, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Tan said that Turkey considered the move as a positive step for regional stability.

Iraq and Syria announced on Tuesday that they signed an agreement to restore complete diplomatic ties.

The two countries had severed their diplomatic ties for more than two decades in the regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Source: Xinhua