Representative of the Turkish President’s administration today told reporters that Turkish and Russian Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin on Friday held phone talks, reports TASS.

“Our President emphasized the need to restrain the regime [of President of Syria Bashar al-Assad] in Idlib and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe,” the communique reads.

The parties also expressed their commitment to the previously reached agreements [regarding Syria] and discussed the situation in Libya.