Erdogan is due to hold talks with Russian President about Syria in Russia
Moscow wants info from Turkey about Syria deal with US
Kremlin says it expects to receive information from Turkey after Ankara agreed a deal with Washington to halt its offensive in Syria for five days.
Friday 18/10/2019
Erdogan is due to hold talks with Russian President about Syria in Russia
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said late on Thursday it expected to receive information from Turkey after Ankara agreed a deal with the United States to halt its offensive in Syria for five days, the RIA news agency reported.
Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as a complete victory.
"We expect to receive information from Turkey," RIA quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria on Tuesday next week in southern Russia.
Russian military police and the Syrian army have rushed to take control of parts of northeastern Syria previously controlled by the Kurds after US President Donald Trump withdrew US forces from the area prompting the Kurds to strike a deal with Damascus.