Turkey's president and the Saudi monarch spoke on the phone Saturday about this week’s Sochi summit, bilateral relations, and the Syria crisis, according to a Turkish presidential source.

The phone call between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Salman bin Abdulaziz came three days after Erdoğan met the Russian and Iranian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani, in Sochi, Russia for talks on Syria.

Erdoğan and Salman also discussed bilateral ties and regional issues, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Turkey, Russia to talk Syria more regularly: Erdoğan Turkey and Russia will meet more regularly to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria, Turkey’s president said on Saturday.“Perhaps every 15 days or once a month we will continue our gatherings,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a provincial meeting of the Justice and Development (AK) Party in Turkey’s western province of Balikesir.Video: Erdoğan: We must make a move to thwart terror formations“We have taken critical decisions to end the humanitarian drama in Syria,” Erdoğan said, referring to his meeting this Wednesday in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani.During the meeting at the Russian Black Sea resort, the three presidents agreed to convene a congress of Syrian groups to advance a political solution for the war-torn nation.“Hopefully soon we will see the positive effects of these decisions more clearly,” Erdoğan added.Erdoğan: We must make a move to thwart terror formations

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