Baku, Azerbaijan, June 30
Trend:
Preparations will start soon for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Interfax news agency quoted Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov as saying June 30.
For the present, it is difficult to say whether the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the G20 summit or even before that summit, Peskov told reporters June 30.
“But intensive work is ahead,” he added.
Putin and Erdogan had a phone conversation June 29.
Putin informed his country’s Cabinet of Ministers that after receiving a letter from Erdogan June 27, it was decided to start the process of repairing the relations with Ankara.
Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to 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".
The relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the Su-24 bomber incident.
Following the incident, Putin signed a decree on taking measures for ensuring the country's national security and special economic measures against Turkey.