Dushanbe, 27.08.2016. /NIAT «Khovar»/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed in a phone conversation the situation in Syria, TASS news agency reported on Friday citing the Kremlin press service.
The conversation was held at the initiative of the Turkish side.
«The leaders had a detailed exchange of views on the situation in Syria. The importance of joint efforts in the fight against terrorism was noted,» the Kremlin stressed.
Russia’s Aerospace Forces started pinpointing strikes in Syria at facilities of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra on September 30, 2015, at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Ankara declared on Wednesday morning that the Turkish army had begun an operation into the territory of neighboring Syria.