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Medvedev instructed the government to cancel sanctions against Turkey
Dmitry Medvedev instructed the government to prepare measures to phased to remove restrictions in the field of economic relations with Turkey. According to TASS, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Prime Minister recalled that on the eve of the president ordered the government to work out a decision to resume trade cooperation with Turkey and withdrawal a number of restrictions.
"In accordance with this order, it is necessary to prepare proposals to change the relevant decisions, that is, adjusting the decree and decree of the government. We will act in stages. Here it is necessary, on the one hand, to cancel these restrictions taking into account the improvement of the general political background, but not to the detriment of Russian manufacturers and those partners who have already occupied the released niches," Medvedev said.
The prime minister also emphasized that the Turkish authorities must provide guarantees of a safe rest of Russians taking into account the attack in Istanbul. "It is obvious that at the height of the tourist season, the topic of canceling the ban on charter flights for transportation to Turkey and recommendations for Russian tourists can not go on vacation is relevant. It is also very important to get additional guarantees of effective measures to ensure the safety of our vacationers from the Turkish authorities here, especially taking into account the latest tragic events in Istanbul," Medvedev said.
In addition, according to him, it is necessary to consider issues related to the abolition of a grocery embargo in relation to Turkey and a number of other measures. All of them, the prime minister specified, "require a more thorough study."
The day before, Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with the Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Putin noted that the message received from the President of Turkey "created the prerequisites to turn the crisis page in bilateral relations."
The presidents agreed that the foreign ministers of the two countries will meet on July 1. The situation in the region with an emphasis on Syrian settlement, and issues of further development of Russian-Turkish relations will be discussed. Putin and Erdogan agreed to work out the possibility of holding a personal meeting in the near future.
“In general, the conversation was business, constructive and was focused on restoring the traditionally friendly nature of the multifaceted bilateral cooperation,” the Kremlin noted.
Relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated sharply after the Turkish Air Force on November 24, 2015 shot down the Russian Su-24 near the border with Syria. The pilot Oleg Peshkov was killed by the militants when he was descending by parachute. According to Ankara, the aircraft violated the airspace of Turkey in the area of the border with Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the aircraft was exclusively above the Syrian territory and that "there was no violations of the Turkish airspace."
On Monday, the Kremlin said that Putin received a message from the Turkish president with an apology in connection with the death of the Russian bomber. The message says that Russia is a friend and strategic partner for Turkey, with whom the Turkish authorities would not want to spoil relations. “We never had a desire and deliberate intention to knock down a plane belonging to the Russian Federation,” the Kremlin quoted the text of the document.
Meanwhile, the press secretary of the Turkish President Ibrahim Kalyn said that Erdogan did not bring apology to Putin , but only expressed deep regret in connection with the incident. "The head of the Turkish state shared the pain of the loss with the family of the deceased Russian pilot and indicated that he was regretted," the official said.