MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation for the first time in more than seven months. The leaders agreed to restore cooperattion, inluding in the spheres of trade, tourism and the fight against terrorism.
"We in Syria hope that our strategic partner Russia will be able to have an impact on Turkey to make it respond to the international community, to international law, and to close the Syrian-Turkish border to stop the infiltration of terrorists," Haddad said.
On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to express regret and send condolences for the November 2015 downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria by Turkey.
