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Moscow and Ankara are preparing a new series of consultations on the situation in Syria’s Idlib, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference on Monday, TASS news agency reported.

"Another series of consultations is now being prepared and we hope it will help us reach an agreement on how to ensure that this really becomes a de-escalation zone and terrorists don’t boss around there," Lavrov said.
Russia’s top diplomat noted that the Turkish military in Idlib understands that the fighting in the de-escalation zone is against terrorists. "No one has ever agreed in the framework of the achieved deals between the Russian and Turkish presidents that retaliatory strikes won’t be delivered on terrorists should they try to act as they are doing now," Lavrov stressed.

"I’m sure that the Turkish military working "on the ground" sees and understands this very well. Moreover, terrorists have attacked our positions and the positions of Syrian troops many times as well as Syrian civilian facilities from the area where Turkey’s observation points are located," he noted, as quoted by the source.