While the US-sponsored conference focusing on Iran continues in Warsaw, the notable absentees from that event are holding their own meeting today in the Russian ski resort of Sochi.
Vladimir Putin is meeting Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani for a rival summit to discuss the situation in Syria and the pending withdrawal of US troops there.
There are significant differences between them, however.
The three powers have all insisted they want a political solution to close the nearly eight-year civil war in Syria.
But Moscow and Tehran both support the current Syrian government of President Bashar Assad, while Turkey and the United States back different rebel formations.