Erdogan hopeful Putin meeting will ease Syria crisis

Erdogan hopeful Putin meeting will ease Syria crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he hoped decisions made at his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday would ease the situation in northwest Syria's Idlib region, where conflict has escalated in recent weeks.

Speaking in front of cameras at the start of their meeting, Erdogan said relations between Turkey and Russia were at a peak and his goal was to strengthen those ties. Russia backs Syrian regime forces in the Syrian conflict, while Turkey backs the opposition fighting them.

The Syria situation requires direct talks, Putin said, sitting alongside Erdogan. "My condolences for the death of your soldiers – as I said Syria didn’t know the location of your soldiers, we will discuss the situation in order not to repeat such incidents," Putin said.

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