The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, positively described the process of improving the Russian-Turkish contacts, answering a question from Vestnik Kavkaza about the progress the visit of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow a month ago.
She stressed that the dialogue between Moscow and Ankara is moving in an initially set direction. "We proceed from tasks, set by the Russian President Vladimir Putin after Ankara has started implementing the relevant requirements of the Russian Federation," she explained.
This process is developing steadily, Maria Zakharova said. "The restoration of relations is gradual and steady, without any artificial breakthroughs or slowdowns. We are in contact with our counterparts in the Turkish Foreign Ministry," the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.
As a result, she said that "there are good prospects" for the Russian-Turkish dialogue.
