Reuters: Kremlin says Putin, Erdogan discuss Syria in phone call

Published Oct. 21, 2017 at 2:27 pm

A handout picture taken and released on Oct. 18, by the Turkish Presidential Press Office shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering a speech during the 40th Mukhtars (Local administrators) Meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara.

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MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed an upcoming meeting of the Astana process on the Syrian conflict in the Kazakh capital in late October, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

During their phone conversation, Putin and Erdogan talked about joint efforts within the Astana process, including the creation of “de-escalation zones” in Syria, and further coordination towards resolving the Syria situation, the Kremlin said in a statement.