(MENAFN) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Russia to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they agreed that the focus in the Syrian conflict was now switching from military operations to the search for a political solution.
Putin told the Syrian leader he wanted to meet him in advance of a gathering, planned for this week in Russia, with the leaders of Turkey and Iran - two other powers heavily involved in the conflict in Syria, as he said in comments that were released by the Kremlin early on Tuesday.
Putin also said he would follow up his meeting with Assad with telephone calls to U.S. President Donald Trump, and to Middle Eastern leaders including the Emir of Qatar.
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