Putin points to trustful, effective work of Russian, Turkish military authorities on Syria

MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. Russia's President Vladimir Putin pointed to the trustful and effective work of the military authorities and intelligence services of Russia and Turkey on Syria. "We are working actively on settlement of most acute crises in the world, first of all in Syria," the Russian leader said during a meeting with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. "I am pleased to say, nobody has expected, but at the level of military authorities, intelligence services we have a very trustful, very effective dialogue." Prior to the talks, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "the topics related to security, to Syria, to the investigation of the murder of our ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara will be of great importance." He clarified that in regard to the Syrian issue, the parties will talk about "political settlement, interaction in the course of implementing military tasks." "The Turkish military is present in Syria and carries out military operations there, and the Russian military continues activities to support the Syrian armed forces - this requires very close interaction and coordination," he said. According to him, the presidents will also discuss interaction of civil societies and humanitarian contacts. Read more