Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin met on Monday in Russia’s southern coastal city of Sochi amid efforts to bring Moscow back into the critical Black Sea grain deal that was abandoned by Putin in July.
Television footage showed the two men smiling and shaking hands upon Erdogan’s arrival to Putin’s residence, where the Russian president suggested that he take a vacation in the Black Sea resort. In remarks ahead of their talks, Putin told Erdogan that Russia is “open to negotiations” on the grain deal.
“We have a positive relationship with Russia,” Erdogan told CNN’s Becky Anderson in a May interview, adding that “Russia and Turkey need each other in every field possible.” But having secured his presidential seat, Erdogan now feels emboldened, said Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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