Putin holding phone conversation with Erdogan — Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

The Kremlin will inform mass media about the outcome of the conversation later, he added.

It is the first conversation between the two leaders since Turkey shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft in the sky over Syria last November.

• According to the spokesman, the compensation for Russia's Su-24M bomber downed by Turkey depends on the agreement following today's conversation.

"I invite you to be oriented exclusively towards the results of the contact between the heads of state," Peskov told the media.

He recalled that there have been "many statements from Turkey on that score." Asked for a comment on Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s remark Ankara was not considering the issue of compensations Peskov replied that he had heard the prime minister make "a different statement on that score."

He refrained from answering the question if the two leaders would touch upon the issue of lifting economic restrictions Russia imposed on Turkey, adding that the conversation was still in progress.......More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/885339
29/6/16
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