Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Volodymyr Putin met in Kazan.

Axar.az reports that Putin started his speech with regard to the terrorism in Turkiye, condemned terrorism and expressed his condolences to Erdogan.

Later, Putin said that our trade and economic cooperation continues to develop:

"Last year, our trade turnover was 55 billion dollars. It increased by 6.2 percent in 8 months of this year. The Turkish business world has also made significant investments in the machinery industry here. Last year, 20.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas were transferred through pipelines. Work on the natural gas center continues. Akkuyu AES completed 7/24. We believe that energy production will start in the first block next year. We also have important cooperation in the field of tourism. Last year, 6.3 million Russian tourists went to Turkiye. There is an increase of about 27 percent. 4.5 million tourists arrived in the first 8 months of this year. According to the numbers, Russia is in the first place.

There is also close cooperation in international issues. You will join BRICS. We are looking at our positions in the Middle East. Turkiye and Russia are very close. I will inform you about the issues of the Caucasus, Syria and Ukraine."

President Erdogan thanked for his condolences:

"Thank you for your message of condolence. We have 4 martyrs and 14 wounded. I condemn this heinous act of terrorism, and I pray for God's mercy on our martyrs. I want to see you, my dear friend, in Turkiye. Work is being continued in the direction of solving problems arising in bank payments. Our ministries and the Central Bank are in contact to create a mechanism on this issue."