President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the press service of the Kremlin reports.
The leaders of the two countries referred to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
“Recep Tayyip Erdogan highly assessed Russia’s steps for ensuring the further stabilization of the situation, and the continuous implementation of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021 trilateral statements. Vladimir Putin informed the Turkish president about the results of the recent talks with the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders. Both sides expressed opinion about necessity to activate works for the restoration of transport infrastructures in the Southern Caucasus,” reads the press release of the Kremlin.
The sides also touched upon the issues of Syria and Libya.
Vladimir Putin emphasized that during the construction of the Istanbul canal it is necessary to preserve the Montreux Convention signed in 1936.
