Both leaders exchanged New Year’s Eve greetings and “reaffirmed their willingness to go on strengthening mutually beneficial relation between Russia and Turkey,” the Kremlin reported.

Also, Putin and Erdogan discussed proposals for long-term legal agreements presented by Moscow to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in order to guarantee Russia’s security, situation in the South Caucasus and presence in Syria and Libya.

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