Turkey against return of Russia-NATO relations to cold war era

Russia May 27, 2014, 15:44

"We are for the positive development of these relations," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated

MOSCOW, May 27. /ITAR-TASS/. Turkey calls for positive development of relations between Russia and NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“We discussed in detail the general schemes of interaction and possible co-operation in Afghanistan,” Davutoglu said. “We also called for respect for international agreements, including the Montreux Convention (on the Black Sea straits regime),” he added.

“Turkey has never wanted Russia-NATO relations to return to the ‘cold war’ epoch. We are for the positive development of these relations,” Davutoglu stressed.

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