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Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Russia on Aug. 27
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R). (File photo AP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make a one-day official visit to Russia on August 27, the Turkish presidency said on Friday, hours after he held a phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to discuss developments in northwestern Syria.



In the phone call, Erdogan told Putin that an offensive by forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, backed by Moscow, was causing a humanitarian crisis and posed a threat to Turkey’s national security.