NAGATO/Japan/, December 15./TASS/. The United States is not taking part in the settlement of the situation around Aleppo, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

"No, there is no any participation of the US in this process," Peskov said as he replied to the question whether this issue was discussed with Turkey or Russia was also conducting negotiations with the US.

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.