- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration in 2019.
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss the future of Syria with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. At the summit Putin said that Russia, Turkey and Iran had agreed to take unspecified extra steps to clear Syria's Idlib region of what he called "a hotbed of terrorists," but the Kremlin said there would be no military operation there. SOCHI, RUSSIA (FILE - FEBRUARY 14, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI (LEFT), RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN (CENTRE) AND TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN (RIGHT) POSING FOR MEDIA AND SHAKING HANDS BEFORE MEETING LEADERS ARRIVING AT ROUNDTABLE MEETING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "We need to agree as well how to provide the final (CONTINUES OVER MEETING IN PROGRESS) de-escalation in Idlib. State of ceasefire is still maintained in the province (CONTINUES OVER WIDE SHOT OF MEETING IN PROGRESS). However, it does not mean we have to tolerate the presence of terrorists in the Idlib area." LEADERS AT TRILATERAL MEETING
- Embargoed: 2nd January 2020 08:00
- Keywords: Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi Baghouz Bashar al-Assad Donald Trump Erdogan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Islamic State President Vladimir Putin Russia Syria Tayyip Erdogan Trump Turkey US foreign policy
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA006BAO0BWN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY 2019 CONTINUES IN EDITS:
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