MOSCOW, July 25 Moscow and Ankara are planning a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Turkey, but have not yet agreed on specific dates, an aide to the Russian leader said for International Affairs Yury Ushakov.
«As for contacts with (Turkish President Recep Tayyip — ed.) Erdogan, I can confirm that both the Turkish and Russian sides have plans for our president's visit to Turkey, but we have not yet agreed on specific dates, specific dates. August was mentioned, other options were mentioned, but we have not started this work yet, although we mean that our president promised Erdogan to come to Turkey,» U said. Shakov to journalists.
He recalled that this promise was made immediately after Erdogan's victory in the last elections.
Earlier, Erdogan said he expects Putin's visit to Turkey in August.
At the end of May, a single candidate from the «Republican Alliance» led by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) Erdogan was re-elected President of Turkey, in the second round he won more than 52% of the vote.