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Putin, Cameron agree to continue dialogue on Syria before G8 summit in UK

Russian President and British Prime Minister had a telephone conversation on Friday

SOCHI, May 17 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian British leaders have agreed to continue the dialogue on the Syrian settlement before the June summit of the Group of Eight in Northern Ireland, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Fiday.

According to Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron had a telephone conversation on Friday. “Cameron informed Putin about his recent contacts with President of the United States Barack Obama and key parameters of their discussion of the Syrian problem,” the press secretary said. “Putin, in turn, informed Cameron about his recent talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

Putin and Cameron met in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi on May 10. The Russian president had talks with the Israeli Prime Minister on May 14, also in Sochi.