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No Contact Made Between Putin, Erdogan

© Sputnik / Alexei Nikolskiy / Go to the mediabankRussian Presidential Secretary Dmitri Peskov has officially denied a claim made by the press office of Ukraine's president, which stated that in the course of a recent telephone conversation in the Normandy Four format, President Vladimir Putin had proposed sending Russian peacekeepers to Donbass.
Russian Presidential Secretary Dmitri Peskov has officially denied a claim made by the press office of Ukraine's president, which stated that in the course of a recent telephone conversation in the Normandy Four format, President Vladimir Putin had proposed sending Russian peacekeepers to Donbass. - Sputnik International
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There has been no contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — There has been no contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

© Sputnik / Michael Klimentyev / Go to the mediabankDecember 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the concluding news conference in Ankara
December 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the concluding news conference in Ankara - Sputnik International
December 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the concluding news conference in Ankara

In January, the Turkish Foreign Ministry claimed a Russian Su-34 fighter jet had violated the country’s airspace. The Russian Defense Ministry has rejected the allegation, denying that any of its Air Force aircraft had violated Turkey’s airspace during operations in Syria. Putin was informed that Erdogan had expressed a desire to meet over the issue, according to Peskov.

"There has been no contact between the presidents of Russia and Turkey. I don’t know if any contact is being planned," Peskov told reporters.

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Relations between Russia and Turkey have been strained since a Turkish fighter a Russian Su-34 aircraft over Syria during a similar incident on November 24. Ankara and Washington claimed the Russian warplane trespassed into Turkish airspace for a matter of seconds.

Moscow said the Russian frontline bomber never crossed into Turkish territory and introduced a series of economic measures in response to its downing.

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