- Title: TURKEY: Russia's Putin holds talks in Turkey
- Date: 3rd December 2012
- Summary: ISTANBUL , TURKEY (DECEMBER 3, 2012) (AGENCY POOL) RUSSIAN AND TURKISH FLAGS TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER TANER YILDIZ WELCOMING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND PUTIN WALKING ERDOGAN AND PUTING POSING FOR MEDIA AND SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS OF ERDOGAN AND PUTING IN MEETING
- Embargoed: 18th December 2012 12:00
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- Location: Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA7GTMQMFDFZI1Y3I3FSHQNGRW6
- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (December 3) during a visit to Turkey's largest city Istanbul.
The meeting was likely to focus on the divisions between the two countries over the conflict in Syria.
Erdogan sees Putin as key to quelling a conflict that has sent over a hundred thousand refugees fleeing to Turkish soil and stirred warnings of a sectarian war beyond Syria's borders.
Turkey's carefully nurtured relationship with Russia, governed by its need for energy supplies and mutual security regional hotspots, has already been strained by differences over Syria.
Moscow, one of Syria's closest allies, has vetoed three U.N. Security Council resolutions aimed at putting pressure on Assad, blocking Turkish, Western and Arab efforts to provide U.N. support for the rebel forces trying to topple him.
There was little sign of a change in stance during Putin's visit according to officials on both sides. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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