Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu announced Ankara's readiness to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to the head of the department, the meeting of the two heads of state may take place after the Russian leader's visit to the opening of the Olympics in Beijing.
"As you know, our head of State invited Vladimir Putin to visit Turkey. Negotiations were held during January, but it was not possible to choose a date. In the coming time, after Vladimir Putin's visit to the opening of the Beijing Olympics, we were told that we could be presented with a date. Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov also made a statement today. We look forward to the implementation of this visit", RIA Novosti quotes Çavuşoğlu.
