Uncertain World: Russia and Turkey: Two Countries on Difficult Paths to Change
13:55 19/07/2012
Weekly column by Fyodor Lukyanov
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has met with Vladimir Putin often and known him for a long time, has visited Moscow. It is understandable that they spoke about Syria: Russia and Turkey are key participants in the processes associated with the Syrian crisis. Their approaches to the situation have diverged to such an extent that a compromise is unlikely. However, their differences, though deep-seated, should not affect the basic relations between Russia and Turkey. Apart from a complex intersection of interests in the gas and economic spheres, the two countries also share a conceptual affinity.
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