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Putin’s visit to Turkey postponed: official

10 October 2012 18:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Turkey which was scheduled for Oct. 14-15 has been postponed to mid-November, a Turkish official in Ankara told Xinhua, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Preparations for the meeting of High Level Cooperation Council, a mechanism established to boost political and economic ties between Russia and Turkey, have not finalized yet, the official added.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Putin decided in a phone conversation on Oct. 9 to postpone the meeting, he said.

High Level Cooperation Council meeting will be the third edition of the gathering, which is held once a year and the council aims to boost mainly trade and economic ties and enables ministers of both sides to have regular meetings accordingly.