Erdogan Set to Visit Russia to Discuss Bilateral Ties, S-400 Delivery

© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankOctober 10, 2016. Istanbul, Turkey. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a joint statement for the press after their meeting.
October 10, 2016. Istanbul, Turkey. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a joint statement for the press after their meeting. - Sputnik International
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia on March 9-10.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the NTV television channel, during the visit Erdogan will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and attend a meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council.

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It is also expected that the sides will discuss bilateral relations, increase in economic and trade cooperation and deliveries of Russia’s S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey.

The Kremlin spokesman confirmed the visit. "Yes, such talks are being planned," Peskov said.

In January, a source in Erdogan's administration told Sputnik that the Turkish president could visit Moscow in the beginning of March.

The last meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, led by the countries’ presidents, took place in December 2014.

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