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Ankara's downing of a Russian war plane over the Syrian border last November 2015 prompted rapid retaliation from Moscow and a bitter war of words between presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan from which there appeared no going back. But just half a year on Russia has accepted Ankara's expressions of regret over the incident and Erdogan will meet Putin in Saint Petersburg on August 8, 2016 for their first summit since the crisis erupted, in the hope of reviving the relationship. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG
2016-08-09 09:55:26
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jets into Russia Tuesday for his first meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin since the two strongmen leaders began healing a bitter feud over Ankara's downing of a Russian warplane.
Erdogan's visit to Putin's hometown of Saint Petersburg is also his first foreign trip since the failed coup against him last month that sparked a purge of opponents and cast a shadow over Turkey's relations with the West.
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