Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan, the two leaders discussed the situation in Libya and the continued engagement in the Syrian Arab Republic. in a press-service of the Kremlin emphasized that Presidents, for example, addressed the " issues related to the continuing in Libya, the escalation of military confrontation." Putin and Erdogan supported the mediation efforts of the UN and Germany for the cessation of hostilities and resumption of peaceful dialogue. "Noted readiness to assist in establishing mezhliviysky contacts ", - reported in the report of the press service of the Kremlin. in addition, the head of state "exchanged views on the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as among them in the context of Russian-Turkish agreements on the stabilization of the situation in Idlib and in the North-East" of the country. The presidents stressed the importance of strengthening common efforts in the battle against terrorist groups. in Erdogan's administration, for its part, stressed that, in addition to Libya and Syria, the two Presidents discussed bilateral relations and regional issues. before the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov confirmed the meeting of Putin and Erdogan, to be held January 8, in advance, in Istanbul. The reason for it will be the launch of the gas pipeline " Turkish stream ". The leadership of the Russian Federation stressed that the President May use this opportunity to continue the discussion of the most topical issues. for its part, the Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Last news that Ankara is planning to hold a separate meeting with the participation of Russia together with the summit on the Syrian Arab Republic, which will be held in Istanbul in February. explaining this message, Peskov said that specific plans for such a summit until now, no, but a similar visit may appear in the chart " very soon ". <span style="color:darkgray