“The meeting participants discussed in detail the situation in Syria in the context of the aggravation in the north-east of the country,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Along with this, he added that during the meeting there was also an exchange of views in connection with the beginning of the work of the Syrian constitutional committee.

Separately, Peskov noted that at the meeting, in addition to Syria, current issues of the "Russian agenda" were discussed.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the United States began to withdraw troops in northeast Syria, where Ankara is going to conduct an operation to create a security zone.

More on the topic - in the material RT.