“Despite the provocations, the importance and the need to continue cooperation between intelligence agencies and the armed forces of the two countries to establish peace and maintain stability in Idlib was underlined,” RIA Novosti reports a joint statement by the Defense Ministry of the two countries.
In addition, the statement “stressed the need for decisive measures to ensure security in the Idlib demilitarized zone”.
On February 11, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Turkey on an official visit. He meets with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar to discuss the situation in Syria.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Vershinin, commenting on the situation in Syrian Idlib, said that Moscow would not allow the “reserve” of terrorism to remain in the republic.