“The Turkish side requested the opportunity to talk on the phone. We will now coordinate the time and answer, ”RIA Novosti quoted Ushakov as saying.

Spokesman for the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov noted that Putin’s schedule does not yet have a meeting with Erdogan, and telephone calls can be agreed promptly at any time.

Erdogan said earlier that he intends to discuss with Putin the implementation of the memorandum of Russia and Turkey on Syria.