Agenda of Putin-Erdogan talks revealed
By Kamila Aliyeva
Syrian settlement will be high on the agenda during the talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during Erdogan’s upcoming visit to Moscow.
Adviser to the Turkish President Ilnur Cevik announced about this on February 27, RIA Novosti reported.
"Of course, it will be one of the most important issues they will discuss,” Cevik said answering a question on the agenda of the upcoming talks scheduled for early March.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Turkish President's visit to Russia and meeting with Putin on March 9-10.
The leaders are expected to discuss boosting up the bilateral relations and trade, especially in the fields of energy. The approval of a visa exemption for Turkish businessmen and politicians is also among the planned topics for the discussions.
Both leaders met earlier in October 2016 in Istanbul, where they discussed restoring trade, the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, and cooperation in Syria.
The Ankara-Moscow relations appear to be on the mend these days, after a drastic worsening in November 2015, when a Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by the Turkish Air Force. Russia imposed a wave of economic sanctions against Turkey in response to the incident, with the two countries requiring over a year to mend relations.
Erdogan visited Russia in August 2016 – his first meeting with Putin since the downing of the Russian jet. Both sides agreed to restore and develop relations.
In December, Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov was shot and killed during a speech at an exhibition in Ankara by Mevlut Mert Altintas, a Turkish police officer. Erdogan condemned the attack and called for an investigation.
In February 2017, Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and injured 11 others in northern Syria. Putin immediately apologized for the incident. Ankara said it was satisfied with the Kremlin's actions and statements.
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