Defense Ministers of Turkey and Russia discussed situation in Syria

Baku. 27 October. REPORT.AZ/ Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks around the situation in Syria, Report informs citing the Anadolu agency.

At the meeting in Istanbul, ministers, in particular, discussed the situation in Idlib and security in the region.

Notably, today, a quadripartite summit will be held in Istanbul, in which the presidents of Turkey and Russia Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin, as well as the leaders of Germany and France Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron will take part. Participation of UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura is expected.