President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about the terrorist group "Islamic State" (IS) and the menace coming from it, according to kremlin.ru.

This terrorist group that has links to Al-Qaeda captured large parts of Syria and Iraq in the beginning of June. The United States that are heading an international coalition against the group has started military operation against the extremists on August 8. On August 23, they started making air strikes against convoys, training camps and mobile oil refineries of the militants in Syria.

Leaders of the two countries also discussed preparations for the High-Level Cooperation Council scheduled for the end of year in Turkey, and broadening trade and economic relations between the countries, including such spheres as agriculture and high technologies.