He also vowed to rebuild military, economic, and cultural cooperation.
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Erdogan said Turkey was entering a “very different period” in its relations with Russian Federation, and that solidarity between the two countries would help the resolution of regional problems.
“Your visit. despite a very hard situation regarding domestic politics, indicates that we all want to restart dialogue and restore relations between Russian Federation and Turkey”, Mr Putin said.
“We intend to gradually cancel the special economic measures limiting Turkish companies’ activities in Russian market”, Putin said.
Turkey accused Fethullah Gulen, a cleric who lives in Pennsylvania in the United States in a self-imposed exile, of backing the coup which the latter denied.
During his press conference with Putin, Erdogan also said that he wanted to create a tripartite effort to resolve regional tensions, particularly the Azerbaijan-Armenia crisis.
After shaking hands in front of the cameras in St Petersburg, the two leaders have stressed the importance of normalization, after an incident with a Russian fighter-bomber shot down by the Turkish Air Force strained relations for eight months.
Putin responded in kind, saying that “higher interests of our peoples, our nations require the restoration of our relations”.
“For decades, Turkey has joined forces with the West, with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, with Europe and the United States”.
US officials from President Obama on down have said they have no control over extradition requests, which must go through an impartial legal process. The issue has been a dispute between Turkey and U.S.
Russia imposed trade sanctions on Turkey in the wake of the shooting down of its warplane and the number of Russian tourists visiting the country fell 87 percent in the first half of 2016. What else do you think is of great importance between the two countries?
Turkey and Russian Federation have formed new committees to discuss the Syrian crisis, which will meet for the first time in Moscow on Thursday, Turkey’s presidential spokesman said Wednesday.
Relations between Turkey and Russian Federation – two powers vying for influence in the strategic Black Sea region and Middle East – have always been complicated.
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After putschists failed to overthrow Erdogan’s government-in a night that left more than 240 people dead-Putin called Erdogan to express solidarity, which was a “psychological boost”, the Turkish president said.
