Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had repeatedly vacationed in Turkey before he started to work in the Kremlin. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru” on Friday, March 10.
“I am in Turkey rested many times, when haven’t worked here in Moscow, in the Kremlin. I relax the most kind and good feelings and left good memories,” he said at a press conference after talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Putin noted that millions of Russians spent the holidays in Turkish resorts and “found the situation there very favorable”.
The head of state expressed confidence that Ankara will do everything that Russian tourists were safe.
Erdogan, in turn, assured that the appropriate measures in Turkey ensured. “The security of its own citizens is of great importance for the country, and the same is of great importance and the safety of tourists”, — said the President of Turkey.
March 3, Turkish news Agency Anadolu reported that in February in Antalya was visited by more than 12.6 thousand Russian tourists, which is 35 times more than the same period last year.