According to the Russian news agency Interfax, citing Peskov, Putin and Erdogan will discuss regional problems and bilateral relations.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on August 5 at Sochi of Russia, the Turkish presidency and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced today.
According to the Russian news agency Interfax, citing Peskov, the two leaders will discuss regional problems and bilateral relations.
The two leaders last met on July 19 in Tehran, three days before the signing of an agreement between Moscow, Kyiv, Ankara and the United Nations to resume Ukrainian grain trade through the Black Sea, which had been halted after start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The joint coordination center (JCC) for the resumption of grain exports is expected to open with a ceremony in Istanbul tomorrow, Wednesday, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced earlier today.
The surprise Erdogan-Putin meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi also comes as the Turkish president has threatened since May to launch an offensive in northeastern Syria to establish a 30km security zone along the country’s border to keep out the Kurds. PKK fighters and their allies.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
In Tehran, Erdogan appeared determined to carry out this attack despite repeated opposition from President Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who support militias in the region.
However, the three heads of state signed a joint communique tacitly backing Ankara, saying they “reject all illegal self-determination initiatives”.
They showed their “willingness to oppose separatist aspirations that could undermine Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” and threaten the security of neighboring countries with “cross-border attacks and incursions.”
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