Erdogan, Putin to hold talks on sidelines of BRICS summit in Johannesburg
Turkish and Russian Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin had first phone talks on Saturday after Erdogan’s win in the presidential election on June 24, a source with the Turkish presidential office told reporters, with a TASS correspondent among them.
"President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had talked by phone," he said. "The leaders agreed to hold a one-on-one meeting in Johannesburg at the end of the month within the framework of the BRICS summit".