Russia to host another summit on Syria

The next summit between Russia, Turkey and Iran on Syria will be held soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"Russian-Turkish-Iranian summits in the framework of the Astana process are very helpful as they focused on settlement in Syria," TASS cited Putin as saying.

"We agreed to organized another summit like this in Russia soon. Together with Mr President, we have already agreed on the place and tentative date. We will also need to coordinate it with our Iranian partners," the Russian leader added.