ArmInfo. Russian President Vladimir Putin will take advantage of the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Turkey as soon as the epidemiological situation and schedules allow. Press secretary of the Russian head of state Dmitry Peskov announced this, RIA Novosti reports.
Earlier, Erdogan said that he had invited the Russian leader to Turkey and was waiting for a response from the Kremlin.
"Yes, this topic has been repeatedly raised during the last few contacts between President Putin and Erdogan," Peskov told reporters.
He noted that there was a certain pause in the holding of the intergovernmental commission and the supreme body of bilateral relations, which is headed by two presidents. Erdogan said he was ready to host all these events in Turkey, he added. "President Putin gratefully accepted this invitation. And they agreed that as soon as a) the epidemiological situation and b) schedules allow, he will definitely take advantage of this invitation," Peskov said.