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The Russian delegation at the talks included Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Before the meeting, President Putin had a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , during which the sides discussed the situation around Aleppo in light of the humanitarian pause and also developments in Syria as a whole.