Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday began Syria ceasefire talks with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan by offering his condolences over the recent killing of Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib region.
Putin, speaking alongside Erdogan at a meeting in the Kremlin, said the situation in Syria's Idlib province had become so tense that it required direct talks between the two men.
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