Russia’s Federation Council speaker meets Turkish PM

The speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, met today with the Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim.

"We have left behind the period that brought great grief to our countries. Our relations are being normalized quickly. It is very easy to damage relations, and it is very difficult to iron them out," TASS cited him as saying.

According to Yildirim, the parties "learned their lessons from this incident."