President Erdoğan congratulates Putin on election victory by phone.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Erdoğan congratulated Putin on his election victory.

President Erdoğan stated that he believes the positive course of relations between Turkey and Russia will continue to increase in the new term, and expressed that Turkey is ready to play any facilitating role in returning to the negotiating table regarding Ukraine.