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Four nations call for lasting peace to Syria, Idlib

Russian President Vladimir Putin, France's Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Istanbul for the Syrian summit. [Photo: Courtesy]

The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a political solution to Syria's devastating seven-year civil war and a lasting ceasefire in the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib.

A joint statement adopted at the end of a major summit in Istanbul said the countries were committed to working "together in order to create conditions for peace and stability in Syria".

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