"We do everything we can to boost cooperation between Russia and Turkey. We have indeed achieved good results in energy, industry and agriculture."
"I believe it is time we initiated serious efforts to organise our common economic space, to modernise our economies, our industrial and cross-border cooperation, and establish new transport routes, high-tech clusters and energy hubs."
“We are trying to use every opportunity to move toward the further development of bilateral interstate relations and normalisation of the situation in the region,” the Russian prime minister said.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Istanbul
“Our bilateral relations have changed drastically… They are developing into a strategic partnership,” said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Istanbul
“In the context of bilateral relations, our main accomplishment is the progress that has been made on the Customs Union,” stated Vladimir Putin.
Events for 7 june 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy
The two officials discussed expansion of the existing federal targeted programme to boost grassroots sports. They discussed ways to accelerate the construction of sports facilities, including those for winter sports, and projects in which Russian regions would focus on the development of specific kinds of sport. The Prime Minister also mentioned potential uses for the Olympic facilities in Sochi after 2014.
