Turkey's ex-premier: Baku contributes to normalization of Ankara-Moscow ties
Turkey’s consultations with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan contributed to the normalization of relations with Russia, said Turkey’s former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, NTV channel reported July 27.
Davutoglu said that Turkey needs a rapprochement with Russia.
He believes that Turkey is conducting a right policy with regard to Russia, starting the process of bilateral relations’ normalization.
Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, commenting on the improvement of relations between Turkey and Russia, thanked Azerbaijan for its contribution to normalization of the relations.
The relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the Su-24 bomber incident in 2015.
On June 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to Putin over the death of Russian Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident.
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