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By Gunay Hasanova

Normalization of the Turkish-Russian relations will have a positive impact on the processes in the world; Anadolu Agency quoted Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik as saying on August 31.

The minister noted that Turkey's relations with Russia are not an alternative to the relations with other countries.

The crisis in relations between Turkey and Russia began after the incident with the downed Russian plane. After the incident, the Russian president signed a decree on measures to ensure national security and launch special economic measures against Turkey.

The relations began to recover after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to his Russian counterpart, where he expressed condolences to the family of the deceased pilot of SU-24 and regret over the incident with the Russian aircraft.

Later, after months of enmity between the two countries the Presidents of Turkey and Russia met in St. Petersburg on August 9.

The meeting between Erdogan and Putin moved the relations between Turkey and Russia to a new positive direction and served as the beginning of restoration of friendly relations between Ankara and Moscow.

Different aspects of further cooperation in the spheres of energy, trade and investment were discussed at the meeting.

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