Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to exchange visits and discussed prospects for interaction between the two countries in the investment field and tourism.

Both countries’ presidents met in Astana during official ceremonies to mark the 10th anniversary of the declaration of Astana as the Kazakh capital and agreed to exchange visits in a bid to bolster the economic ties between two countries.
During the meeting, the leaders of the two countries considered possibilities to increase trade turnover and expand cooperation in order to carry out key infrastructure projects.
Trade volume between Turkey and Russia reached $20 billion and the two countries would exert efforts to boost this figure, Medvedev said according to Turkish state-run Anatolian Agency.
“Abdullah Gul noted Turkish constructive companies’ great interest in realizing key infrastructure projects in Russia. Turkey showed interest in attracting constructive companies to carry out tasks on the Olympic Games in Sochi,” Itar-Tass qouted Russian Presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko as saying.
During the meeting, Medvedev and Gul noted that the number of Russian tourists who came to Turkey for the rest increased every year. “To this end, both parties stressed that this required a responsible approach from Turkish organizations,” the Kremlin top official quoted as saying.
Medvedev and Gul also focused on the situation in the Caucasian region and cooperation in the Black Sea region according to Itar-Tass.
(Source: Hurriyet)