VERONA (Sputnik) — Russian-Turkish relations deteriorated after the downing of a Russian military plane by a Turkish fighter jet in Syria on November 24, 2015. Moscow imposed a number of restrictive measures on Turkey in response to what Russian President Vladimir Putin then described as a "stab in the back."
"As for the schedule of the upcoming Russian-Turkish contacts, it is being actively discussed, and it will be built purely according to the pragmatic interests of Russian-Turkish relations," Meshkov told journalists at a Eurasian Forum in Verona, without specifying the dates of upcoming contacts.
Moscow and Ankara launched reconciliation efforts this summer after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized in June to the Russian president and offered his condolences to the family of the slain Russian pilot.
