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"Our relationship has been reestablished nearly to its full limit," Putin said in front of the discussions, adding that he was happy to see the Turkish pioneer.
"I am certain our meeting today will be extremely viable," Erdogan said.
"The fundamental argument will be the circumstance in Syria the working of de-acceleration zones and the continuation of the procedure of political settlement," Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov said before the meeting.
The combine last met in Ankara in September, when they consented to push for the production of a "de-acceleration" zone in Syria's key northern region of Idlib, notwithstanding others as of now proposed.
Russia, alongside Iran, is the key benefactor of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Moscow's military intercession in Syria is broadly observed as tipping the adjust in the contention.
Turkey, be that as it may, has supported the radicals looking for Assad's ouster.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told columnists at the meeting that Ankara was looking for a political answer for the emergency.
"Without a truce we can't discuss a political arrangement. Presently we have made a great deal of accomplishments and we can give careful consideration to the political procedure," he said.
Moscow and Ankara have upheld arrangements in Kazakhstan's capital Astana from the begin of the year, which have run parallel to talks occurring in Geneva with the sponsorship of the UN.
Alexei Malashenko, chief of research at the Dialog of Civilizations organization, said Putin and Erdogan had a "common need."
"Russia, which is in an extremely troublesome position (in Syria), just can't lose partners there — they can't lose accomplices, not to mention partners," he said.
In the mean time, Erdogan is disappointed with the West's demeanor toward him, Malashenko stated, indicating an arrangement Ankara has marked to purchase S-400 air protection frameworks from Russia.
The arrangement, apparently worth $2 billion, has stunned Turkey's NATO partners.
Malashenko said the economy could likewise be on the motivation at the discussions, as Turkey tries to recover a main part in the development business in Russia.
"It's a meeting of two magnetic individuals, two individuals with a high sentiment of themselves, two pioneers," Malashenko included, focusing on the quality of the two presidents' close to home relationship.
Erdogan has communicated worry about US and Russian bases in Syria and said if nations really trusted a military arrangement was incomprehensible they ought to pull back their troops.
On Saturday, Putin and US President Donald Trump said in a joint articulation they would keep on fighting Daesh in Syria, yet concurred that there was no military answer for the nation's more extensive, six-year-old clash.
"I am experiencing difficulty understanding these remarks," Erdogan advised columnists previously traveling to Russia.
"On the off chance that a military arrangement is impossible, at that point the individuals who say this should haul their troops out.
"At that point a political strategy ought to be looked for in Syria, approaches to head into races ought to be analyzed... We will talk about these with Putin," he said.
Erdogan said both Moscow and Washington, which equipped Syrian (individuals' insurance units) YPG Kurdish powers Ankara sees as partnered to separatists battling in southeastern Turkey, had set up bases. He proposed neither one of the countries would haul out soon.
"The United States said it would totally leave Iraq, however it didn't. The world isn't dumb, a few truths are being told distinctively and rehearsed in an unexpected way," he said.
