Putin and Erdogan met in Sochi/BBC
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Putin in Sochi. They talked for over 4 hours. They talked about cooperation and gas issues.
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Before the meeting, Erdogan spoke about developments in Syria. Putin also spoke about the Syrian crisis. We are also talking about “grain” issues.
The meeting was held behind closed doors. Then they released a joint statement.
Results of the meeting
- Agreed to hold the next meeting of the High Level Cooperation Council in Turkey; ️
- Emphasized the need to ensure the implementation of the Istanbul agreements, in particular the unimpeded export of grain. True, the propaganda media write that they were talking about Russian grain.
- they talked about increasing the volume of trade between Russia and Turkey, interaction in the transport sector, industry, agriculture, and construction.
Gas issue
Turkish media note that the presidents have agreed on a partial payment for natural gas.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Erdogan and Putin allegedly agreed to start paying for Russian gas supplies in rubles. Novak said about “switching to payment in national currency, part of the supplies will already be paid in Russian rubles”
Pay attention! The Washington Post wrote that Erdogan had to ask for directions so that Turkey helped Russia bypass Western sanctions. This applies specifically to the energy and financial sectors.
They did not talk about Bayraktors
The speaker of the president of the aggressor state of the sands said that Putin and Erdogan did not discuss the issue of possible production from Russia or the purchase of Bayraktar drones from Turkey “.
On the eve of the media reported that the roads allegedly asked the President of Turkey to open such a plant in Russia. At the same time, Haluk, the CEO of the company, said that they would never sell drones there.
