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Kremlin confirms preparations for Putin, Erdogan meeting on Monday

MOSCOW - The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that it was preparing for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

"Such a meeting is possible and is being prepared," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlu Cavusoglu had said earlier that Erdogan and Putin would hold talks on the crisis in Syria on Monday.