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Kremlin: Putin, Erdogan to hold phone talks on evening of February 21

21 February 2020 17:50 (UTC +04:00)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have a telephone conversation on the evening of February 21, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed, APA reports citing TASS.

"Yes, I confirm the telephone conversation. It is planned this evening," he said, commenting on the Turkish president’s statement regarding plans to hold talks with Putin at 6 pm Moscow time on Friday.

Erdogan earlier said hat he planned to hold a phone call with the Russian president to discuss the situation in Syria’s Idlib.

"Putin and I will hold talks over the phone today at 18:00, which will form Turkey’s position on Syria’s Idlib," Erdogan said.