Putin, Erdogan agree on steps in Syria’s Idlib demilitarized zone

The leaders of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed on steps to implement the agreement on Syria’s Idlib demilitarized zone during their meeting in Buenos Aires on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on Rossiya 1TV channel on Sunday, TASS reports.

"At this meeting the sides confirmed their agreement on Idlib," Lavrov said. "They noted that despite active and consistent steps of our Turkish colleagues, still not all extremists have met the demand to leave the 20-km demilitarized zone," he said.

"They agreed on further steps aimed at honoring the agreement on creating this demilitarized zone, but simultaneously to take measures so that the extremists do not try to sabotage this vital agreement, which everyone has welcomed," Lavrov said.