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By Gunay Hasanova

Different issues were discussed by Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of G20 summit, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchanged views on the Syrian issue and issues of bilateral relations, said Peskov.

Meanwhile, Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said that President Putin discussed the food embargo issues with his Turkish counterpart Erdogan.

“The issues has been discussed in the sense of removing the restrictions by the Russia side”, said the minister.

Moreover, Russia and Turkey have switched to discussing specific details of Turkish Stream pipeline construction, TASS reported.

"As for the Turkish Stream it is also in progress. They are discussing specific details. For example, certain places where the pipe will enter the Turkish coast, allocation of a land plot for it. Very practical issues..." Ulyukayev said.

He added that Russia and Turkey may sign a mid-term program of economic and scientific and technical cooperation by the end of the year.

“We handed a draft medium-term program of economic scientific and technological cooperation to our Turkish colleagues. We plan to sign it before the end of the year. I think that in October we will complete all text work so that the text was signed before the end of the year," Ulyukayev said.

He also said that the work on the establishment of Russian-Turkish Investment Fund is about to be completed.

"In late August, the necessary legislative changes were made, a partner of our Russian fund of direct investments was set up in Turkey ... Now colleagues are work at the level of experts. I think that in October-November, we will have a list of projects and financing in order to start working on these issues," the minister added.

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