President of Russia
  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search this website
President of Russia
Mobile version

President's
website
sections

  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search
  • For the Media
  • Subscribe
  • Directory
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Русский

President's
website
resources

  • President of RussiaCurrent resource
  • The Constitution of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Address an appeal to the President
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website

Official Internet Resources
of the President of Russia

  • Telegram Channel
  • Rutube Channel
  • YouTube Channel

Legal
and technical
information

  • About website
  • Using website content
  • Personal data of website users
  • Contact website team

All content on this site is licensed under

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Presidential Executive Office2025
Events

Opening Address at a Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul

February 24, 2004
18:00
The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin:

Dear Mr Gul, colleagues,

I am very pleased to see you in Moscow. I remember all our previous meetings and telephone conversations, and I want to note that recently relations between Turkey and Russia have been positively developing at a good rate. We are satisfied with the way our relations are developing.

Our official trade turnover is growing every year by 15–20% and now comes to around $6.5 billion. In fact, if we take into account all the income from tourism and income from so-called ”shuttle trading“, the total volume will come to around $12 billion. As far as I know, according to information that I have, Russia consistently occupies second place in trade turnover with Turkey after Germany.

Since Prime Minister Erdogan and your party came to power, our relations have become stable, including in such sensitive areas as the war on terrorism. And I am sure that during your stay in Moscow, you will have many topics for discussion.

We are always pleased to see you.

Publication status

Published in section: Transcripts

Publication date: February 24, 2004, 18:00

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/22361

Text version

Text

Share
Direct link
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/22361
Share
  • VK
  • Telegram
  • Ok
  • Send by email
  • Print
Send by email

Official Website of the President of Russia:

Opening Address at a Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/22361

Last updated at March 20, 2015, 18:00

Официальные сетевые ресурсы

Президента России

Official Internet Resources

of the President of Russia

Русский Английский
  • For the Media
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Telegram Channel
  • Rutube Channel
  • YouTube Channel
  • Website of the President of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Address an appeal to the President
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website
  • Putin. 20 years

Presidential Executive Office
2025