TURKEY-RUSSIA/PUTIN ARRIVAL Russian President arrives in Turkish capital for talks

Record ID: 862477

  • Title: TURKEY-RUSSIA/PUTIN ARRIVAL Russian President arrives in Turkish capital for talks
  • Date: 1st December 2014
  • Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (DECEMBER 01, 2014) (REUTERS) PLANE CARRYING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TAXIING ON TARMAC / HONOUR GUARDS LINED UP TURKISH OFFICIALS WAITING PLANE ON TARMAC / TURKISH OFFICIALS WAITING TO GREET SIGN ON PLANE READING (Russian): RUSSIA RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN DISEMBARKING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS VIEW OF COCKPIT PUTIN REVIEWING HONOUR GUARDS PUTIN GETTING INTO CAR TURKISH AND RUSSIAN FLAGS FLYING CONVOY LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 16th December 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Turkey
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  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAA3TZFUEQI6N455DV041VXM2RD
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  • Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday (December 1) for a visit that 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 criticized 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.
    Erdogan has become Assad's most vocal critic and has lambasted the United Nations Security Council, and Russia in particular, for stalling on an international response to the civil war in Syria, which has left nearly 200,000 dead.
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