The Syrian settlement as a topic for a meeting between the Russian and US presidents "is considered," press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

Axar.az reports citing TASS.

According to him, there are many topics for discussions between Putin and Trump, thus it is in the common interests "both president could find opportunities for a rather long communication."

The press secretary pointed to many recent positive events in the Syrian settlement.

However, he continued, bringing the settlement to a new level requires cooperation.