Putin says he will talk to Trump following Assad meeting

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (center R) and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (center L) meet with Russia’s top military officers in Sochi on November 20, 2017. / AFP/

SOCHI, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will talk to US counterpart Donald Trump on the telephone on Tuesday after an unannounced meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Sochi.

“On the basis of our meeting today, I will hold consultations with the leaders of the countries that I already spoke about. There is already a planned talk with the Emir of Qatar today and tomorrow (another one) with the president of the United States Donald Trump,” Putin told Assad on Monday.

A transcript of the conversation was published on the Kremlin website on Tuesday.

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