Erdogan, Putin expected to meet next week, this will be the topic of meeting

“We will dine together on Thursday [September 28th] and talk about developments in Syria”, Erdogan said in a speech at the Global Business Forum "Bloomberg] in New York on September 20th, adding that he will first speak to Putin on the phone on 25 September before their face-to-face meeting, Periscope reported “Hurriyet Daily News<3>, Periskopi broadcast.

Three contestive countries -- Turkey, Iran and Russia -- recently agreed to create de-scaling areas in Syria and to deploy observers to monitor the ceasefire between Bashar al-Assad's regime and opposition groups.

Idlieb, a town in northern Syria that is under the control of jihadist terrorist groups since early this summer, is also part of these areas, and the three countries are also expected to place observers in this country.

A Russian official earlier had said that each of the three countries would send 500 troops to the de-scaling areas.

Technical talks on the modalisation of these deployments are still under way.

At the September 28th meeting, Erdogan and Putin are also expected to discuss the purchase of anti-balistic S-400 missiles from Russia, which has sparked concerns among Ankara's NATO allies./Periscopi/