Russia–Turkey relations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he made a new proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for shipping the Russian grain to Africa and other parts of the world through Türkiye during their meeting in Astana.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as they visited Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on July 3.

The SCO, established in 2001 by China and Russia, serves as a platform to address security concerns in central Asia and beyond.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on his reelection victory over the weekend.

According to Türkiye's Communications Directorate, Erdoğan expressed his belief in the call that the positive trajectory of Turkish-Russian relations will continue in the coming days.

Turkey’s new threat came shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Greece and pledged to enhance friendly and good neighborly relations with Athens

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday discussed the Middle East, North Africa and the Black Sea region at a conference in the Turkish city of Antalya, Russian state news agency TASS reported. [Reuters]

Vladimir Putin conveyed his congratulations to the Turkish president on his 70th birthday via telephone earlier this week. The two had last spoken on the phone back in October. During the heyday of their relationship, a monthly telephone exchange between Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a regular part of their political routine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Friday and Saturday, his spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, as the two countries prepare a visit to Turkey by President Vladimir Putin.

Lavrov will attend a forum and hold talks with his Turkish counterpart, Zakharova said.

Türkiye turned out to be Russia's most reliable partner in the gas sector after Germany's partial refusal to import Russian gas, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel's Pavel Zarubin, published on the journalist's Telegram channel, TASS reported on Feb. 18.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned visit to Türkiye for Feb. 12 has been postponed at the request of the Russian side due to the looming elections in both countries, the diplomatic sources said.

Moscow and Ankara will maintain and enhance their bilateral political dialogue in the coming year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his New Year's message to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Putin extended his New Year greetings to world leaders, a gesture he does every year on Dec. 30.