"In Search of a Stable Eurasia
by Igor Torbakov
8 August 2005
Russia and Turkey forge new ties on security and trade. From EurasiaNet.
Turkish Prime-Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin suggest that the two Eurasian countries have found common ground on a number of key regional security issues.
“It’s our fourth meeting during the last seven months, and I guess, all of you understand what that means,” Erdogan said at a news conference following the 17-18 July negotiations at Putin’s posh summer residence in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi. “Our views totally coincide with regard to the situation in the region as well as to the issues concerning the preservation of stability in the world,” Erdogan was quoted as saying."
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