- Title: RUSSIA-TURKEY/LAVROV Lavrov meets Turkish FM ahead of Putin visit
- Date: 1st December 2014
- Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (DECEMBER 1, 2014) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, WALKING/ SHAKING HANDS LAVROV AND CAVUSOGLU GETTING WALK OUT OF BUILDING AND SHAKE HANDS LAVROV GETTING INTO CAR/ CAVUSOGLU BIDDING FAREWELL CAR DRIVING AWAY
- Embargoed: 16th December 2014 12:00
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- Location: Turkey
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- Country: Turkey
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Monday (December 1), ahead of the visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin's visit to Turkey on Monday will have trade and energy issues at its heart, but is not expected to bridge deep differences over Syria and Crimea.
The two issues have tested a relationship usually kept on track by mutual economic advantage: Russia is Turkey's main energy supplier, and Ankara is Moscow's second biggest trade partner after Germany.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has strongly criticised Russia's backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. And Turkey has strong links with the Muslim Tatar population of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.
With Erdogan and Putin set to chair the fifth annual meeting of a council to improve trade and relations, several deals are expected to be signed, officials on both sides said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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