Baku, Azerbaijan, June 29
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Presidents of Turkey and Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin have agreed on a private meeting, said the statement made by Turkey’s presidential administration following the phone conversation between the two presidents June 29.
During the phone conversation, Erdogan and Putin emphasized the importance of normalizing the relations between Russia and Turkey.
The relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the Su-24 bomber incident. Following the incident, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on taking measures for ensuring the country's national security and special economic measures against Turkey.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin June 27 over the death of Russian Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident.
Erdogan said Turkey "shares the pain of the downed Su-24 pilot's death with his family" and "sees it as Turkey's pain".
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