Turkish PM Erdogan and Russian President Putin will come together for cooperation council session and hold talks, SIA reports citing Anadolu Agency.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin will co-chair on Friday in St. Petersburg the fourth session of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council which will focus on the Syrian war and proposed peace talks, Iranian nuclear negotiations as well as economic developments.
The Turkish delegation headed by PM Erdogan will head to Russia to participate in the meetings on Thursday and Friday. Turkey and Russia are expected to sign commercial and cultural cooperation deals during the visit.
The Syria crisis is anticipated to be one of the major issues which will be discussed between the sides, despite the two countries having different policies on the issue. However, both Turkey and Russia agree on the importance of the proposed talks referred to as Geneva-II and Erdogan will likely bring the issue to the table with Putin.
Apart from politics, there has been increasing cooperation between Turkey and Russia which is expected to boost in the near future.
Trade volume between the sides has increased by 24 percent in the last decade, as it was $5 billion in 2002 while it is $34 billion now.
Energy is another major dynamic of the relations between the two countries. Turkey and Russia signed "Akkuyu nuclear power plant" deal, which is a major energy agreement in the recent years as it is expected to produce about 35 billion kilowatt-hours per year while employing nearly 15,000 people in southern province of Mersin.
Turkey and Russia have a lot in common as they see an increasing collaboration in the fields of culture and tourism. Numbers show more than 3 million Russian tourists visited Turkey in the first eight months of 2013, and this number is expected to rise up to 4 million by the end of the year.
- The Council
The High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council was established in 2010 during former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Turkey.
The main goal of the council was to found a body that contributes to the relations between Turkey and Russia in all areas including political, cultural, economic and humanitarian.
The two have signed 29 agreements till now since the foundation of the council.
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