Russia's Putin spoke to Turkey's Erdogan ahead of wider Syria talks in - Kremlin

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of Syria summit in Istanbul, Turkey October 27, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/Files

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday ahead of wider Syria talks to be attended by Germany's Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in a statement.

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Alison Williams)