Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned visit to NATO member Türkiye is being postponed and rescheduled for late April or early May 2024, after elections in both countries.
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Putin's visit to Türkiye is likely to take place in late April or early May after the local elections on 31 March in Türkiye and presidential elections on 17 March in Russia.
This would be Putin's first visit to a NATO member state since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The date of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which was reportedly to take place in February, is 'yet to be determined,' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Feb. 8.
Russian state-run media outlet TASS announced on Jan. 29 that Putin was to visit Turkey in February, citing Yuri Ushakov, an advisor to Putin.
State-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on Feb. 7 that the trip had been postponed.
The visit is now likely to take place in late April or early May, RIA Novosti said, citing a source in Ankara.
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