BERLIN- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the situation in Syria, the Kerch Strait incident and the situation in the Sea of Azov on the sidelines of the G20 summit, German Government Spokesperson Steffen Seibert informed on Twitter on Saturday, Itar Tass reported.
The German chancellor and the Russian leader had a working breakfast. “The focus was on the situation in Syria, as well as the situation that arose between Russia and Ukraine in the Kerch Strait and in the Sea of Azov,” Seibert noted.
According to Tass, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed Syria in detail during the meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. He added that there is hope of forming the Syrian constitutional committee in the near future.
“They have talked in detail about Syrian affairs,” Peskov stressed. “They have said that the work on forming the constitutional committee on the outcomes of the recent Astana format meeting is still underway in the spirit of the talks of the Istanbul four,” the spokesman noted.
“The work is underway, and there is reason for careful optimism that the Syrian constitutional committee will be formed in the foreseeable future, and that all the necessary representatives will be agreed on,” Peskov stated, Tass said.
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