Baku, Azerbaijan, July 26
Trend:
Turkey and Russia should normalize interrupted relations as soon as possible, RIA Novosti quoted Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek as saying.
“We are here to normalize the situation and our relations that were interrupted from November 24 as soon as possible and at an accelerated pace,” said Simsek at the meeting with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
He also noted that Turkey informed Russia about taken measures to ensure aviation security.
The relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the Su-24 bomber incident in 2015.
On June 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to Putin over the death of Russian Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident.
Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, commenting on the improvement of relations between Turkey and Russia, thanked Azerbaijan for its contribution to normalization of the relations.