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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held bilateral talks on Monday, touching upon energy and food security, as well as major regional and geopolitical issues.
Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Sochi on September 4 to discuss the creation of a gas hub in Turkiye, mutual trade, the use of national currencies, the Black Sea Grain Deal, and the Ukraine conflict, among other issues.
"It was very important that the sides have this first person to person meeting since Erdogan’s reelection," Gilbert Doctorow, an international relations and Russian affairs analyst. "The arrival of Erdogan with a business delegation and the talk of continuing major projects including the gas hub and a second nuclear reactor is all by itself important."
Monday's summit clearly demonstrated that Russia is a constructive global player who is willing to normalize the situation in the world, as per Dmitry Evstafiev, political scientist and professor at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) University.
"The meaning of today's meeting is that relations between Russia and Turkiye have been restored at the highest political level," Evstafiev told Sputnik. "This is very important in today's geopolitical environment, when we are witnessing a crisis in relations at the highest level of the political leaders of most countries.
Today's talks have shown that, despite all odds, relations between the Turkish president and the Russian supreme commander-in-chief are preserved. This is certainly very important, it is very positive."
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