Turkish PM Erdogan meets Putin in Russia
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SOCHI - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan met on Saturday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. (UPDATED)
Speaking to press prior to their meeting, Erdogan said important developments have been occurring between the two countries in the past 6 years.
Erdogan said Turkey was willing to further broaden its actual $35 billion trade volume with Russia.
Putin said relations between Turkey and Russia were boosting in full cooperation, noting that Russia was the number one trade partner of Turkey. He also said Turkey was an important trade partner of Russia.
Prior to his departure for Russia, Erdogan reiterated that the closure of Turkish-Armenian border was related to the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. "Turkey will not open its border gates with Armenia unless this problem is solved."
"Turkey will never leave its brother Azerbaijan alone," Erdogan also said.
"Being a regional country, it is regardless of question for Turkey to remain silent on Upper Karabakh matter. Turkey closed borders with Armenia as a result of interventions there," he added.