07/09/2018 11:11
Russian, Turkish, Iranian leaders to gather in Tehran for summit on Syria
The presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran will gather in Tehran on Friday to hold the third summit on Syrian settlement.
The first trilateral meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi on November 22, 2017, followed by another summit in this format in the Turkish capital Ankara on April 4.
The sides adopted a joint statement expressing plans to continue this effort at the high level.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said the leaders are to focus on the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone and the expected chemical provocation in the area, TASS reports.