Russia and Turkey have not only compensated for trade losses caused by the pandemic, but even increased the trade turnover, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Report informs via TASS.
Putin noted that the contacts between the two countries continued during the difficult periods of the pandemic: “It is good to say that the relations are developing in a positive direction.”
Putin said that in 2020 there was a 20% deficit in trade between the two countries. According to him, the trade turnover increased by 55% in the first 8.5 months of the year.