MOSCOW: The
Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir
Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip
Erdogan plan to
meet in
Russia in
early August.
"A meeting between
Putin and
Erdogan is being prepared and worked out. They agreed that the meeting will be in the first 10 days of August,"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
"It will be in Russia, but the city and the date are still being firmed up," Peskov said.
This will be the leaders´ first face-to-face meeting since late June when
Russia said
Erdogan apologised for Turkey shooting down a Russian fighter jet in **vember last year.
The downing of the fighter jet on the Syrian border had shattered ties between the erstwhile allies.
Turkish state media had reported on Sunday that the leaders would
meet in the first week of
August without giving a location, quoting presidential sources.
Putin called
Erdogan on Sunday to express his support after the end of a failed putsch in Turkey and the
Kremlin said the two leaders confirmed plans to
meet in the near future.
Turkey said Monday it has detained two pilots who played a role in downing the Russian plane over links to the failed putsch.
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