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ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – The leaders of Turkey and
Russia agreed on Wednesday to meet in person, during their first
telephone conversation since a crisis erupted over the downing of
a Russian plane last year, the Turkish presidency said.
“Reiterating their commitment to reinvigorate bilateral
relations and fight terrorism together, the two leaders agreed to
remain in contact and meet in person,” it said in a statement said
after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin spoke by phone in a conversation that followed Ankara’s expression
of regret over the downing of the warplane on the Syrian border by
Turkish jets in November.