Putin and Erdogan agree to coordinate actions in Syria

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met in Moscow on Wednesday and vowed to coordinate their actions more closely in Syria.

"Cooperation between Russia and Turkey is a touchstone for Syrian peace and stability," Erdogan said in translated comments at a joint press conference after their talks, which lasted around three hours, reported AFP.

"With our Russian friends we intend to strengthen our coordination even more," he added.

"We agreed how we'll coordinate our work in the near future," Putin said, calling the talks which included the countries' defense ministers "effective".

At the start of their meeting in the Kremlin, Putin addressed Erdogan as "dear friend," saying that their countries "work on issues of regional security and actively cooperate on Syria".

Erdogan used the same term for Putin and said "our solidarity makes a weighty contribution to the security of the region".

The two leaders have been on opposite sides of the Syria conflict: Russia provides critical support to the Syrian government, while Turkey has backed rebel groups fighting President Bashar Al-Assad's forces.

Despite this, they have worked closely to find a political solution to the seven-year conflict.

Turkey and Russia were in a state of open tension, after Ankara shot down a Russian fighter jet on the border in November of 2015, killing two Russian officers. In response, Russia issued vast sanctions on Turkey dealing serious financial damage.

However, Ankara and Moscow have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation dealwhich ended the crisis.

Russia and Turkey have agreed to coordinate ground operations in Syria following US President Donald Trump's surprise announcement last month about pulling 2,000 American troops out of Syria.

The announcement of the US withdrawal was reportedly coordinated with Erdogan but had been made against the warning of senior security officials in the Trump administration.

Putin said that if carried out, the withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria "will be a positive step, it will help stabilize the situation in this restive area". READ MORE