Erdoğan likely to meet with Putin in Kazakhstan
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 08:21
Türkiye has admitted that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on 3-4 July in Kazakhstan.
Source: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, quoted by AFP
Details: Fidan said that Erdogan would "likely" meet with Putin in Kazakhstan "in the next few days".
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In a comment to AFP, the Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed Erdoğan's possible meeting with Putin in Astana during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which will take place on 3-4 July.
Background:
- Erdoğan and Putin last met in September 2023 in Sochi, Russia.
- Fidan visited Russia in early June, where he attended the BRICS meeting and was received by Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- Erdoğan was preparing to host Putin in Türkiye in February, but the Russian leader's visit was postponed.
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