Putin-Erdogan meeting not to be easy, but they seek settlement in Idlib - Peskov

IRKUTSK. March 2 (Interfax) - A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be quite difficult, but the two heads of state seek the settlement of the situation in Idlib, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"Of course, it will not be an easy meeting, but the [two] heads of state reaffirmed their intentions to settle the situation in Idlib and their commitment to the Sochi agreements. This is important," Peskov said in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on the Rossiya-1 (VGTRK) TV channel.

At the meeting, "above all, it will probably be necessary to compare the points of view as to how the Sochi agreements are being fulfilled and which commitments that were earlier assumed each country should comply with," Peskov said.