00:24German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to try out her Russian with her counterpart Vladimir Putin at the four-party summit on Syria in Istanbul on Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Putin if the Russian President was wearing a "Siberian coat?", to which the Russian leader replied that he likes Siberia and that he was there yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk.
"It is a city with a very small amount of people in the northern part of Russia," Putin explained.
Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the summit, which focused on the settlement of the ongoing Syrian conflict as well as on the return of Syrian refugees.
The four leaders extensively discussed the ceasefire, as well as the effective implementation of a political settlement in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which had been established in December 2015.
The implementation of the Russian-Turkish agreement on the creation of a demilitarised zone in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib was also discussed.
Turkey: 'Siberian coat?' - Merkel tries out her Russian skills on Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to try out her Russian with her counterpart Vladimir Putin at the four-party summit on Syria in Istanbul on Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Putin if the Russian President was wearing a "Siberian coat?", to which the Russian leader replied that he likes Siberia and that he was there yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk.
"It is a city with a very small amount of people in the northern part of Russia," Putin explained.
Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the summit, which focused on the settlement of the ongoing Syrian conflict as well as on the return of Syrian refugees.
The four leaders extensively discussed the ceasefire, as well as the effective implementation of a political settlement in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which had been established in December 2015.
The implementation of the Russian-Turkish agreement on the creation of a demilitarised zone in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib was also discussed.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to try out her Russian with her counterpart Vladimir Putin at the four-party summit on Syria in Istanbul on Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Putin if the Russian President was wearing a "Siberian coat?", to which the Russian leader replied that he likes Siberia and that he was there yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk.
"It is a city with a very small amount of people in the northern part of Russia," Putin explained.
Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the summit, which focused on the settlement of the ongoing Syrian conflict as well as on the return of Syrian refugees.
The four leaders extensively discussed the ceasefire, as well as the effective implementation of a political settlement in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which had been established in December 2015.
The implementation of the Russian-Turkish agreement on the creation of a demilitarised zone in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib was also discussed.