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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed hope on Tuesday that Thursday's meeting between Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be successful.
During a phone call, Putin and Merkel discussed the prospects of a settlement on Syria, taking into account the current situation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the Kremlin said in a statement.
On Thursday, Erdogan will pay a working visit to Moscow and discuss a settlement on Idlib, where the Syrian government forces, backed by the Russian military, have been fighting against Turkish-backed rebel groups, causing heavy casualties.
When commenting on reports that Putin, Erdogan, Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron might meet on Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin has other plans on that day.
Peskov declined to unveil the date of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that units of the Russian military police have been deployed to the city of Saraqeb in the eastern countryside of Idlib, after the Syrian army succeeded in recapturing Saraqeb.
(ASIA PACIFCI DAILY)
