MOSCOW
The leaders of Turkey and Russia held a phone conversation on Thursday in which they acknowledged a significant decrease in tensions in Idlib, northwestern Syria, following the cease-fire agreement reached last week.
According to a statement by the Kremlin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the implementation of the agreement announced after their meeting in Moscow on March 5.
The leaders stressed the importance of joint efforts, primarily through the Russian and Turkish defense ministries, to ensure stability in the region, the Kremlin said.
"It was agreed to continue to maintain regular dialogue at various levels,