Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 7
By Orkhan Guluzade – Trend:
Russia may delay lifting of embargo on Turkish agriculture products for another two months, Turkey’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Faruk Celik said, Anadolu Agency reported Sept. 7.
Following the imposition of sanctions on Turkish products, Russian consumers have to buy Turkish products at a high price, the minister said.
“Turkish products used to reach Russian market through Belarus and the Balkan states,” Celik added.
The minister also noted the importance of an early restoration of the Turkish-Russian relations.
The relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated sharply in late 2015 when Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber with two pilots on board. In June 2016, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the death of a Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident. After that, the two countries’ relations began to improve.
On Aug. 9, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had their first meeting after the Su-24 incident. Following the meeting, Putin said Russia is interested in the full restoration of bilateral relations with Turkey.
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