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Putin and Erdogan discuss Syria by phone: Kremlin

Published December 25, 2016 Updated December 25, 2016 04:29pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Syria crisis in a phone conversation on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is visiting Russia now, also took part in the call, it added.

Erdogan called Putin to express his condolences over the crash of Russian TU-154 plane near the Black Sea city of Sochi, the Kremlin said.

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