PM: Turkey-Russia relations to be as before

Relations between Turkey and Russia will be as before, the TRT Haber news channel quoted Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as saying July 4.

“Russian tourists have already started to visit Turkey,” said Yildirim, adding the crisis in Ankara-Moscow relations and the terrorist attacks in Turkey have strongly affected the country’s tourism sector.

The relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the Su-24 bomber incident in 2015.

Following the incident, Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on ensuring the country's national security and taking special economic measures against Turkey.

On June 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter of condolences to Putin over the death of Russian Su-24 pilot and expressed regret over the incident.

Putin informed his country’s Cabinet of Ministers that after receiving a letter from Erdogan June 27, it was decided to start the process of normalization of relations with Ankara.

Erdogan and Putin had a phone conversation June 29.

/By Trend/