Peskov told about the talks between Putin and Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for 3 hours talked in a tête-à -tête, and then joined the delegation will come to Kyiv, told Last news the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for 3 hours talked in a tête-à -tête, and then joined the delegation will come to Kyiv, told Last news the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
The meeting of Putin and Erdogan began In the leadership of the Russian Federation 14: 06 GMT. Its main topic was the deterioration of the situation in the Syrian Idlib. Before the talks, the Russian President said about the need to "speak" with his Turkish counterpart the situation, so that nothing of the kind was repeated Russian-Turkish relations, which the parties valued, not destroyed. Erdogan is confident that the outcome of the negotiations will facilitate the situation in Idlib.
The situation in Idlib deteriorated after the fact, As February 27, the terrorist group "Hayat Tahrir al-sham" * started a large scale offensive on the positions of the Syrian army. Existing military units returned fire, which, together with the fighters hit the Turkish military, although they can't be in the area. In the end, lost his life 36 Turkish soldiers, more than 30 people were injured health.
in response, Ankara announced the launch of a new hostilities in North-West Syria - " Spring shield ".
in Russia one of the main causes of the degradation of the situation in Idlib called the failure of the Ankara Turkish-Russian Memorandum of September 17, 2018. According to this document, the Turkish military could be present in Iglinsky area of de-escalation, but provided the withdrawal of all radical groups. As noted by foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Turkey failed to fulfill its key obligations, for example - do not disassociate themselves armed opposition is ready for dialogue with the government, from terrorists.
In accordance with a model agreement, from may 2017, in the Syrian Arab Republic has created four zones of de-escalation. 3 of them in 2018 under the supervision of Damascus.
The fourth area located in the district of Idlib and parts of neighboring provinces of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo, remain largely captured terrorists " dzhebhat an-Nusra." *
in September 2018, the Russian Federation and Turkey have agreed in Sochi on the creation of a demilitarized zone in Idlib, where more than a dozen different groups.
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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