"Of course, Turkey should address its domestic problems on its own. But it could undoubtedly rely on Russia's support in the fight against terrorism. I think that cooperation in this sphere will allow to clear debris off the road of cooperation in other areas," Franz Klintsevich told reporters.
Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a 40-minute telephone conversation, first since the relations deteriorated amid Turkey's downing of a Russian plane, which was on an anti-terror mission in Syria. Following the talks, Erdogan's office confirmed that the leaders had agreed to a personal meeting.
He stressed that there were "a number of reasons," which made it difficult at the moment to talk about the restoration of Russian-Turkish relations to the level that used to exist, as Turkey was, in particular, unsafe for tourists.
The shift in Ankara-Moscow dialogue comes shortly after the Kremlin announced that Putin had received a letter from Erdogan expressing readiness to resolve the bilateral crisis caused by the downing of the Russian plane.
