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Turkey: Erdogan to meet Putin Aug. 9 in Russia

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s deputy prime minister says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to travel to Russia next month to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin — the first meeting between the two leaders as relations between the two countries mend following Turkey’s apology for the downing of a Russian fighter jet last year.

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Tuesday that Erdogan and Putin would meet in St. Petersburg on Aug. 9.

Erdogan sent a letter of apology to Putin in late June. Since then, the two countries have moved to normalize relations, restoring anti-terror co-operation and military contacts and lifting Russian restrictions on tourism to Turkey.

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