TURKU (Sputnik) — On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to express regret and send condolences for the November 2015 downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria by Turkey.
On Wednesday, the two leaders held a phone conversation for the first time in more than seven months. Following the talks with Erdogan, Putin ordered the government to prepare to lift administrative restrictions against Turkey in tourism field.
"The [Russian] government will enter negotiations [with Turkey] on various issues, especially economic and trade ones, in the near future, I hope," Ushakov said.
According to the Kremlin official, the sides have not yet discussed compensation for the Russian Su-24 jet, downed by Turkey in November.
“No, there have been no contacts on the issue so far,” he told reporters.
