{"id":9187,"date":"2009-02-13T23:46:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T20:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=9187"},"modified":"2014-01-01T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:44:47","slug":"presidents-of-russia-turkey-adopt-strategic-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/02\/13\/presidents-of-russia-turkey-adopt-strategic-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents of Russia, Turkey adopt strategic declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – The presidents of Russia and Turkey adopted a joint declaration following talks in Moscow on Friday to promote ties and enhance bilateral friendship and partnership.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived for his first four-day visit to Russia on Thursday. Following his stay in Moscow, he travels to Kazan, the capital of Russia’s predominantly Muslim republic of Tatarstan.<\/p>\n

“This is a strategic document laying out the achievements of bilateral cooperation and setting tasks for enhancing it further,” a source in the Kremlin said earlier.<\/p>\n

In the declaration, the two presidents urged action to take effective measures to settle frozen conflicts that could destabilize the situation in the South Caucasus.<\/p>\n

They also vowed to move quicker in settling issues related to defense cooperation.<\/p>\n

“Reaching agreements on burning issues in defense cooperation between the two countries will open up more opportunities for broader cooperation in the sphere,” the two presidents said in the declaration.<\/p>\n

The two countries, which as the Russian and Ottoman empires established diplomatic relations over five centuries ago, also agreed on mutual aid to restore and build monuments.<\/p>\n

Taking into account the leading role of private businesses in bilateral trade, Russia and Turkey agreed “to facilitate and speed up business contacts… and visa procedures for businessmen.”<\/p>\n

The Turkish president said annual bilateral trade, which exceeded $30 billion last year, could soon grow to $50 billion.<\/p>\n

“We could push the [bilateral trade] index to the level of $40 billion-$50 billion in the near future in the interests of our nations,” Gul said.<\/p>\n

Moscow and Ankara agreed that energy was a strategic sphere in bilateral cooperation that had potential for growth.<\/p>\n

Turkey receives about 65% of its gas from Russia, which is pumped via Ukraine and the Blue Stream pipeline that passes directly from Russia to Turkey under the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told reporters on Friday that Russia could sign an energy contract worth more than $60 billion with Turkey on the construction of a nuclear power plant and power supplies to the country for the next 15 years.<\/p>\n

He said four reactors for a potential nuclear plant in Turkey could cost $18 billion-$20 billion.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the talks, the Turkish president invited his Russian counterpart to make a return trip to Turkey.<\/p>\n

“I believe my current visit will open up a new page in the history of Russian-Turkish ties,” Gul said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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