The talks between Presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been going on at the Kremlin for five hours already, reports RIA Novosti.

The meeting of Putin and Erdogan kicked off at the Kremlin at 2:06 p.m. Moscow time, and the main topic was the situation in Idlib. Before the talks, the Russian President announced the need to talk with his Turkish counterpart over the situation created in Idlib so that the Russian-Turkish relations aren’t undermined, and Erdogan expressed confidence that the discussion will mitigate the situation in Idlib.