RUSSIA, TURKEY TO SET UP A COOPERATION COUNCIL

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.01.2010 11:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey and Russia agreed to set up a cooperation
council.

"We are hopeful that 2010 will be a year of economic growth," Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a meeting with Turkish
entrepreneurs in Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Moscow.

"Economic indexes are positive for development of trade between Turkey
and Russia. The governments of both countries take all essential
measures," he said, adding that the first session of the council will
be held during the year.

"The council will bring about a new era in Turkish-Russian relations,"
the Turkish PM said, TRT-Russian reported.