YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation to discuss the Syria issue, including rising tensions in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the Kremlin press service said in a statement, reports TASS.

According to the statement, the two leaders discussed “various aspects of activities aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis, focusing on the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone and the need to fully implement Russian-Turkish agreements, including the memorandum of September 17, 2018”.

The Kremlin press service added that the telephone call had been initiated by Ankara.