The presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed bilateral and international issues at a meeting in the Kremlin, TASS reported.

"We had the opportunity (earlier on Monday) to discuss bilateral issues, regional as well as international. At this time, our ministers were able to communicate with their colleagues. Now we have to do a general assessment together, ”said Erdogan at a meeting of the Russian-Turkish High Level Cooperation Council after a bilateral meeting with the Russian leader.

The Turkish President promised to do everything possible to achieve the goals of bilateral cooperation in various fields. 

Erdogan noted that their main task is bringing the commodity turnover of the Russian Federation and Turkey to the level of $ 100 billion, noting that now this figure is $ 26 billion.

Erdogan said the number of Russian tourists who visited Turkey last year reached a record 6 million.