Foreign Ministry says it is ready to increase interaction with Turkey

16 March 2021

 

Russia confirms its readiness to build up constructive cooperation with Turkey in all directions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship and Brotherhood between the governments of the RSFSR and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

 

As noted in the Russian Foreign Ministry, this treaty is one of the fundamental documents that laid the foundation for modern relations between the two states.

 

"We confirm our readiness to build up constructive cooperation with Turkey in all directions, expand trade, economic and investment cooperation, implement promising projects in energy, industry and infrastructure, improve cultural and humanitarian exchanges and human contacts," Zakharova said.

 

According to her, "adherence to the spirit and principles of the Moscow Treaty, which has not lost its political and historical relevance over the past hundred years, serves as a guarantee of the further progressive development of relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey".

 

 

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Based on materials from RIA Novosti