Putin meeting with Syria's Assad begins in Moscow: state TV
MOSCOW
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad began talks in Moscow Wednesday.
"Dear Mr President, I am very glad to see you in Moscow. Thank you for accepting our invitation," Putin told Assad at the start of their meeting broadcast by state TV. "We are in constant contact and our relations are developing."