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President Vladimir Putin held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

January 11, 2005, The Kremlin, Moscow

At first Mr Putin and Mr Erdogan first held private talks, after which delegations joined the leaders of Russia and Turkey.

Russian-Turkish economic ties were discussed along with bilateral cooperation in energy, tourism, transport and military-technical spheres. Mr Putin said he hoped that bilateral trade would soon see a 1.5-fold increase and would reach a figure of $15 billion.

January 11, 2005, The Kremlin, Moscow