Putin acknowledges Erdogan's challenge to visit Turkiye

Erdogan and Putin intermittently talk by telephone and have had various common visits as of late. (AA)

RUSSIAN 28 JANUARY 2022 (VOE WORLD) Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the greeting of his Turkish partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Turkiye.

Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the gathering will be held when the pandemic circumstance and the timetables of the two chiefs consider it.

"President Putin thankfully acknowledged this greeting," Peskov told journalists at a day by day instructions in Moscow.

"Furthermore they concurred that when a) the epidemiological circumstance and b) the timetables permit, he will exploit this greeting," he added.

Last week, Erdogan said he desires to unite the Russian and Ukrainian pioneers straightaway in the midst of rising pressures in the locale.

"We would like to unite Mr Putin and Zelenskyy straightaway and to guarantee that they have an up close and personal gathering," he said after a joint news meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Russia-Ukraine strains

In a bid to ease strain among Ukraine and Russia, Turkiye might have the following round of the Trilateral Contact Group, containing Russia, Ukraine, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, conciliatory sources said.

Peskov likewise noted on Thursday that because of the pandemic there has been "a specific respite" in holding gatherings of the intergovernmental commission and the High-Level Cooperation Council, which is going by the two presidents.

The subject was talked about a few times in late official contacts, and Erdogan said he was prepared to have this large number of occasions in Turkiye, Peskov said.

Erdogan and Putin intermittently talk by telephone and have had various common visits lately.