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Putin, Erdogan discuss situation in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh problem
Baku, November 22 (AZERTAC). “Negotiations allowed creating a platform to address these issues.”
It was announced by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting of the Turkey-Russia High-level Cooperation Council.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
"There are basic steps that we must take, and the talks that we held on these topics allowed us to create a platform and a base for resolving the issues,” Erdogan said at a meeting of the Council.
“I believe that Russia and Turkey have obligations in the region from the standpoint of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, situation in Syria and development of the situation in Iraq,” Erdogan noted.
Erdogan noted that they had discussed Syria, Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict and the situation in Iraq. Putin confirmed plans to start building the South Stream Gas Pipeline in the exclusive economic zone of Turkey to pump 27 billion cubic meters of gas. He expressed hope that Turkey would provide benefits and guarantees for Rosatom`s construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Turkish companies will realize about 25% of $20 billion invested in the project.