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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi on Monday, September 17, TASS reports, citing the Kremlin press service.

According to the press service, the leaders will discuss topical issues of bilateral cooperation and the problems of settlement in Syria.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday at a plenary session of the German-Russian Forum that Putin and Erdogan will discuss the situation in Idlib at a meeting on September 17 in Sochi.

"On September 17 there will be a new meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. They discussed ways to settle the Idlib zone problem to minimize some risks for civilian population in Tehran on September 7," Lavrov said. "Now the military and diplomats are engaged in dialogue. On Monday, September 17, the presidents will study this situation."

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlu Cavusoglu said earlier that Erdogan and Putin would hold talks on the crisis in Syria on Monday, but had not elaborated, Reuters reports.

Erdogan met with the leaders of Iran and Russia last week in Tehran to discuss Syria, but failed to win a ceasefire pledge for the rebel-held enclave of Idlib.