Putin, Turks Agree to Patrol Syrian Border, Disarm Kurds. But Will Damascus Get Its Oil Back?
The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road map to pacify northeast Syria, finally.
The press conference afterwards was somewhat awkward – riffing on generalities. But there’s no question that in the end Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan managed the near impossible.
Putin, Turks Agree to Patrol Syrian Border, Disarm Kurds. But Will Damascus Get Its Oil Back?
Source: RI