MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 24, 2004. (RIA NOVOSTI). Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul invited Russian president to visit Turkey.
I want to hand over to you sincere greetings from the president and prime minister of Turkey and once again invite you to visit our country, said the Turkish foreign minister at his meeting with the Russian president on Tuesday.
Our people will welcome your visit with pleasure, Gul said.
He pointed out that the latest meeting between Vladimir Putin and the president of Turkey was in Malaysia at the of the Organisation of Islamic Conference summit in late October 2003.
