Turkey and Russia normalised ties after Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Vladimir Putin expressing regret over the shooting down of a Russian war plane on the Syrian border in November 2015Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed on Sunday the healing of relations between their nations, damaged by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian war plane in 2015. "Turkey is going through a difficult period, fighting against terrorism in the face of serious terrorist crimes," he said. Putin added "I am sure that... we can go forward on our path of cooperation" once the situation in Turkey is "completely normalised". Turkey and Russia normalised ties in June after Erdogan sent a letter to Putin expressing regret over the shooting down of a Russian war plane on the Syrian border in November 2015, which had caused an unprecedented crisis in their relations. The first Russian charter plane carrying tourists to Turkey since Moscow lifted its travel sanctions landed in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Saturday.

Source: dna September 04, 2016 05:03 UTC