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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced that his country will open its Aleppo consulate soon, less than two weeks after reopening its embassy in capital Damascus after a decade long hiatus, Rudaw reported.

“We will soon open our consulate general in Aleppo,” Erdogan said during a speech at the party’s parliamentary bloc meeting in Ankara.

He also praised the Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) for “managing the ongoing phase well” and for his “moderate and constructive” messages.

Erdogan also noted that Ankara plans to open consulates in multiple cities across Syria.

Earlier this month, Turkey announced that it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, after a 12-year-hiatus following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Turkey closed its embassy in March 2012 amid calls by Ankara for Assad to step down a year after the Syrian civil war erupted. Four months later, Turkish foreign ministry recalled its consul general in Aleppo, as clashes between Syrian rebels and regime forces.