“Now we talked face to face, talked in detail about the Syrian crisis and the ways to resolve it, talked about bilateral cooperation in almost all areas,” RIA Novosti quoted the Russian president as saying.
He added that acute issues in Syria were affected, including the Idlib de-escalation zone and the situation in Zaevfrat.
According to Putin, the work on forming the constitutional committee of Syria is almost complete. He noted that it was necessary to achieve agreement on the committee’s work procedures. It is also necessary that members of the constitutional committee of the SAR act independently enough and not be subjected to external pressure, he noted.
Earlier, Putin and Erdogan began negotiations in the presidential complex of Cankaya in Ankara.