Mon Oct 10, 2016 16:39:53
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Istanbul on Monday to hold talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Istanbul on Monday an official said, on his first trip to Turkey following a crisis sparked by the shooting down of a Russian war plane over Syria last November.
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He is due to hold talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and to attend an energy congress during the one-day visit.
The pair have met on two occasions since a June deal to normalise ties after the plane crisis -- in Putin's home city of Saint Petersburg and then on the sidelines of the G20 in China.
Putin is due to address the opening day of the World Energy Congress followed by talks with Erdogan inside the Ottoman-era Yildiz Palace from 1500 GM; AFP reported.
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