Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey as soon as the epidemiological situation and schedule allow, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

According to him, Putin gratefully accepted the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the country. The heads of state agreed that as soon as the epidemiological situation and the schedule allow, the President of Russia will pay a visit to Turkey.

Peskov also noted that the meeting of the presidents would be bilateral. Contacts with the head of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy are not planned in Turkey.

Earlier, the Turkish President announced that he had invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to his country.

Prior to this, the official representative of the Turkish leader, Ibrahim Kalin, said that Erdogan invited Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Turkey to discuss and resolve differences.