Erdoğan is also likely to ask Putin to temper Russian support for Kurds in Syria. Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are due to meet face to face for the first time since the Turkish air force shot down a Russian plane last November. Putin may see an opportunity to rekindle the Russia-Turkey relationship after Erdoğan last week accused the west, and the US in particular, of supporting terrorism in Turkey. At the time, Erdoğan said Turkey had warned Moscow on several occasions about incursions into Turkish air space by its jets. Erdoğan also expressed anger at the west in comments published in French newspaper Le Monde on Monday.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2016 11:48 UTC