Erdogan and Putin phoned: discussed war in Ukraine

The Kremlin press service reported on Saturday about the telephone conversation of the presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to the report, the Turkish leader expressed condolences in connection with the death of the former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, noted his role in the latest history of Russia and the whole world.

During the conversation, the situation in Ukraine was affected. “Recep Tayyip Erdogan noted the constructive role of Russia in the organization of the IAE mission at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The course of the implementation of the” grain transaction “was considered in Istanbul on July 22,” the Kremlin said.

In addition, in the context of the agreements reached during the highest level negotiations in Sochi on August 5, the presidents discussed the further development of multifaceted cooperation between Russia and Turkey.