Russian and Turkish presidents hold high-level talks in Bishkek

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Ala-Archa State Residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, according to TASS.

The Russian delegation includes Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Novak and Alexey Overchuk, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Aide for International Affairs Yuri Ushakov, Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin, Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev, Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Director Dmitry Shugaev, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO and Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, and Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.

Ushakov earlier said that the agenda would include the settlement of the Ukraine conflict and the situation in the Black Sea region.

By Jeyhun Aghazada