Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a press conference following talks in Istanbul. During it, Putin said that Russia's Roscosmos space corporation is ready to participate in launches of Turkish telecoms satellites.
"We have discussed expansion of our cooperation…in the area of space exploration," Sputnik quoted him as saying.
"In particular, Russian space corporation Roscosmos is ready to participate in a tender on construction and launches of Turkish telecommunication satellites," Putin said.
