Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Sochi with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On November 20, President Vladimir Putin had talks with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad who was in Russia on a working visit.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the Commander-in-Chief on the completion of the operation to lift the terrorists’ siege of the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor.

President Vladimir Putin has signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Protocol to the August 26, 2015 Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on Deploying an Air Group of the Russian Armed Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad.

Vladimir Putin signed an order on signing Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on expanding the territory of the Russian Navy maintenance centre in the port of Tartus and on the arrival of Russian ships in the territorial sea, national waters and ports of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Vladimir Putin signed an order on signing a Protocol to the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on deploying an aviation group of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic of August 26, 2015.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who briefed the President on the end of the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Vladimir Putin instructed the Defence Ministry and the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief to set up field hospitals in Syria with a view to providing medical assistance to the residents of Aleppo and nearby territories. This task is to be implemented within the shortest possible timeframe as per the decision of the President.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the Deployment of an Air Group of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic.

The President submitted to the State Duma for ratification an agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on deploying an aviation group of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, signed in Damascus on August 26, 2015.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to President of Syria Bashar Assad following the death of numerous civilians in a series of terrorist attacks in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.

On Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar Assad.

At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad.

President of Syria Bashar Assad made a working visit to Moscow on October 20. Russian-Syrian talks in narrow and expanded format with top Russian officials took place at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, with whom he discussed, in particular, the situation in Syria and combating international terrorism.

Vladimir Putin met at his Sochi residence with Deputy Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Walid Muallem.