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TURKISH PM TO ASK PUTIN TO UP PRESSURE ON AL-ASSAD
Hurriyet
July 17 2012
Turkey
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan will meet the Russian President
Vladimir Putin tomorrow. AA photo
Syria will dominate talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin
and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan when the Turkish leader pays
a one-day visit to Moscow tomorrow.
Yet, the Syria conversation will not focus solely on the Turkish
jet shot down by Syrian forces as Turkey hopes to use this meeting
as an opportunity to reiterate their will for Russia to strengthen
its support of the international community's efforts of intensifying
pressure on the Syrian regime, a Turkish official told the Hurriyet
Daily News.
Ankara and Moscow remain at odds over the armed conflict in Syria.
Erdošan's visit comes after Ankara clashed with Damascus over the
downing of a Turkish warplane on June 22 by Syrian fire over the
Mediterranean and the death of its two pilots.
Bilateral economic issues will also be on the leader's agenda within
the framework of preparations for the upcoming meeting of a high-level
council in September which will be held in Turkey and attended by
Putin. "Significant regional and international developments led by
Syria are on the table to be discussed thoroughly [during Erdogan's
visit]," a written statement from the prime minister's office said
last week. The talks are a new link in the chain of effective dialogue
at the highest level between Turkey and Russia, the statement said.
Caucuses and Armenia
Putin invited Erdošan to Sochi for a meeting three weeks ago, but both
parties agreed on a schedule for a daily visit to Moscow, a Turkish
diplomat told the Daily News. "The invitation is for a preparatory
meeting for an upcoming high-council gathering in September. But Syria
is expected to be a hot topic," he said. Issues about the Caucuses,
including post-elections in Armenia, are also expected to be on the
agenda, the diplomat said.
Russia and Turkey agreed on the construction of a nuclear power plant
by a Russian company in Akkuyu, whose initial cost was estimated at
$20 billion, but Russian recently notified Turkey that cost might
increase to $25 billion. It is still indefinite which side will pay
the extra $5 billion.
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet
July 17 2012
Turkey
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan will meet the Russian President
Vladimir Putin tomorrow. AA photo
Syria will dominate talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin
and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan when the Turkish leader pays
a one-day visit to Moscow tomorrow.
Yet, the Syria conversation will not focus solely on the Turkish
jet shot down by Syrian forces as Turkey hopes to use this meeting
as an opportunity to reiterate their will for Russia to strengthen
its support of the international community's efforts of intensifying
pressure on the Syrian regime, a Turkish official told the Hurriyet
Daily News.
Ankara and Moscow remain at odds over the armed conflict in Syria.
Erdošan's visit comes after Ankara clashed with Damascus over the
downing of a Turkish warplane on June 22 by Syrian fire over the
Mediterranean and the death of its two pilots.
Bilateral economic issues will also be on the leader's agenda within
the framework of preparations for the upcoming meeting of a high-level
council in September which will be held in Turkey and attended by
Putin. "Significant regional and international developments led by
Syria are on the table to be discussed thoroughly [during Erdogan's
visit]," a written statement from the prime minister's office said
last week. The talks are a new link in the chain of effective dialogue
at the highest level between Turkey and Russia, the statement said.
Caucuses and Armenia
Putin invited Erdošan to Sochi for a meeting three weeks ago, but both
parties agreed on a schedule for a daily visit to Moscow, a Turkish
diplomat told the Daily News. "The invitation is for a preparatory
meeting for an upcoming high-council gathering in September. But Syria
is expected to be a hot topic," he said. Issues about the Caucuses,
including post-elections in Armenia, are also expected to be on the
agenda, the diplomat said.
Russia and Turkey agreed on the construction of a nuclear power plant
by a Russian company in Akkuyu, whose initial cost was estimated at
$20 billion, but Russian recently notified Turkey that cost might
increase to $25 billion. It is still indefinite which side will pay
the extra $5 billion.
From: Baghdasarian