He was speaking in Ankara on his return from a trip to Damascus, where he attended a Turkish-Syrian business meeting and held talks with President Bashar Assad.
"There was a request from Syria and Israel for this kind of an effort and Turkey will do its best in this regard," Erdogan said.
"This effort will start among the lower level (officials) and if they are successful, God willing, they will end with a higher level meeting," the prime minister said.
