Publish Date: 7 January 2020 - 18:03

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA)– Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Syria where he has held talks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syrian state media and Russia’s Interfax said on Tuesday.

It marks Putin’s first trip to Syria since he visited Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Latakia province in 2017.

MNA/PR