which controls areas near aleppo, near lata are kia and harris scarfe-- latakia and also near syria. turkey for the time being have voiced many concerns about how to move forward. they say that while we do generally want to take on i.s.i.l., but we don't want to see i.s.i.l. defeated and then we see some kurdish affiliated factions taken over because turkey has been accusing many of the syrian turkish factions operating on the ground affiliated with pkk which it considers a terrorist organization. so very delicate times and i think this will definitely put more pressure on the international community to find a way to the crisis in syria >>> absolutely. turkey's involvement in the syrian, northern syrian, is so complicated. it does, doesn't it, push again to the fore front this idea of a buffer zone. what's turkey's feelings on that? >> reporter: the syrians - sorry, the turks have been repeatedly asking for a safe zone in the 90 kilometer area where on the syrian side i.s.i.l. has expanded, and the rationale of the turks has been this. we would like to have a safe zone where civilian

i think it would certainly solid phi his legacy, his position historically and also, perhaps, harris scarfe post-presidency political life if he is able to set himself as a broker. >> reporter: his party who are flagging an opinion polls before election is due in the new year. president president xi jinping spoke before the talks started. he was very positive. >> translation: 66 years of development of the cross-strait relations indicates that no matter how much wind and rain, both sides have been through, no matter how long we have been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> reporter: the meeting lasted less than an hour. this is what ma had to say afterwards. >> translation: both sides should speak to one china policy, but we have to recognise that although there is one china, we agree to disagree on its definition. there are different interpretations. >> reporter: political comment day fors agree-- commentators agree this was a symbolic meeting. the upcoming presidential and general elections in taiwan could see the anti china opposition taking power. then it will be b