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Erdogan, Putin to meet in August
 [RFE/RL] Turkish state media reports President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Vladimir Putin in August, their first face-to-face meeting since a rapprochement in late June following the downing of a Russian warplane in November 2015. Presidential sources said the meeting will take place during the first week of August. Ankara and Moscow said on July 17 that Putin had called Erdogan earlier to express his support in the wake of the recent coup attempt in Turkey. A statement from Erdogan's office said Putin had said Moscow stood by "Turkey's elected government." Putin also discussed the safety of Russian tourists "under the current complicated conditions," the Kremlin said. Russian charter flights carrying tourists to Turkey resumed this month after restrictions on tourism to Turkey were officially lifted. Russia had imposed sanctions after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane at the Syrian border, causing the death of a Russian pilot. The two nations repaired relations after Erdogan sent a letter to Putin that expressed condolences to the dead pilot's family. Posted by: ryuge 2016-07-18 |
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