Ankara to ask Moscow to abolish entry visas for Turkish businessmen and politicians

Ankara will ask Moscow to abolish entry visas to Russia for certain categories of Turkish citizens," Turkey's ambassador to Russia, Huseyin Dirioz said.

"First of all, we will raise the issue of the abolition of visas for businessmen and politicians, as it is important for the development of relations," Interfax cited him as saying.

Dirioz also confirmed that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the first half of March.