Friends, during the face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan I met personally with Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Hakan Fidan, the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization. We had an informal rich conversation during which we agreed on the need to establish close cooperation between Turkey and the Chechen Republic on various issues.
Historically our two peoples have a great deal in common, especially as there is now a fairly large number of ethnic Chechens living in Turkey. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu expressed hope that this informal meeting would be the beginning of the further development of relations and the establishment of contacts. I agreed with the Turkish Foreign Minister and also noted that both sides would only benefit from joint endeavours.
At the end of the meeting, the distinguished guests invited me to visit Turkey, during which we could discuss a wide range of cooperation issues, including economic ones. Of course, I accepted the invitation
