Erdogan, Putin hold talks as truce in Syria set to expire
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is holding talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, hours before a ceasefire between Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria is set to expire.
According to the report by Al Jazeera, Putin and Erdogan's talks will focus on "normalising the situation" in northeast Syria, according to the Kremlin.
Tas the source reports, there has been relative calm in northeast Syria since Turkey agreed on Thursday to a 120-hour pause in hostilities to allow Kurdish-led fighters Ankara considers "terrorists" to withdraw from the border area.
The United States-brokered truce is set to expire at 19:00 GMT on Tuesday.
"The situation in the region is very severe," Putin told Erdogan as talks began in Sochi. He added that the good rapport between Russia and Turkey, which back opposing sides in Syria's war, "will let us find an answer to even the most difficult questions".