Yusuf Cinar, president of the Turkish worldwide research center Strategic Outlook said that the Turkish president’s visit to Russian Federation means that the relations between Ankara and Moscow are entering a new era following the downed aircraft incident.
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Turkey is also in a better position now that it is on the way to establishing pre-crisis relations with Russian Federation, particularly in economic and trade areas, Schulze said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has chose to resume charter flights to Turkey and that the return of Russian tourists there is a matter of time, Trend writes.
“We will bring our relations back to the old level and even beyond”.
The relationship of the two nations soured after Turkey shot down a Russian plane that had flown into Turkish airspace back in November 2015.
The deepening gap between Turkey and its Western allies has a role in this convergence, Gila Benmayor, the Turkish columnist said.
Trudeau did not provide any updates about Turkey’s extradition request for Fetullah Gulen, who is the leader of the Fetullah Terror Organization (FETO) that organized the coup attempt, according to the Turkish government.
“I believe that we have all the necessary prerequisites and opportunities for fully restoring the relations between our two countries which would help strengthen both regional and global stability”, Putin added.
Total number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey is 250,000 so far in 2016, while last year’s figure from February to June was 2,800,000.
Turkey announced a mending of fences with Russian Federation with the establishment of joint military, intelligence and diplomacy procedures.
President Erdogan particularly mentioned Mr Putin’s gesture, saying it “gladdened me, my colleagues and our people”.
The two leaders’ meeting in St. Petersburg was in the wake of Turkey’s ties with the western bloc having strained.
Erdogan referred to Putin as his “dear friend”, and said they agreed to construction of the oil pipeline and a deal for building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, AP reported.
But after such a bitter dispute – which saw Putin accuse Erdogan of stabbing profiting from an illegal oil trade with the Islamic State group – it will take a lot for the pair to reheat relations.
The two strongmen conspicuously skirted one major issue that divides them – the war in Syria.
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The rebels’ military gains in the battle of Aleppo increased Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s position ahead of the meeting he held on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
