He said this following the results of negotiations between Russian and Turkish leaders Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“It (operation. - RT) is terminating, everything will depend on how much the agreements are implemented, including on the withdrawal of weapons and the withdrawal of forces and assets of the Kurdish units,” the minister said.

According to the results of negotiations between the leaders of the two countries, the joint memorandum of Russia and Turkey refers to the decision to introduce Russian military police and the Syrian military into the zone outside the Turkish operation in Syria on October 23.