Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, Saturday, that he expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Turkey in August.

In his speech during a press conference after the bilateral talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the Fahraddin Palace in Istanbul, on Friday evening, which lasted about two and a half hours, Erdogan said that Putin's visit to Turkey will take place in the country next month, adding that he hopes to have a personal meeting with Putin in the next two months.

Erdogan stated that he expects to discuss the grain agreement with Putin over the phone or in a personal meeting, and the Turkish president also stated that he intends to discuss the issue of exchanging prisoners of war with Putin in person.

At the end of last May, the official spokesman of the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirmed their intention to hold a meeting between them in the near future.

Peskov told reporters that it came during a phone call between President Putin and Erdogan, to congratulate him on his victory in the presidential election.

AND TODAY….. A MEDIA BOMB!

The Kremlin announces that Russian President Putin is canceling his visit to Turkey, which was planned for next month, without currently giving any explanation.
Is Putin afraid of a coup d'état while he is out of the country? Not really clear.

What is clear is that such behavior is typical of rulers in totalitarian countries who rarely leave their country lest they have nowhere to return to.
Does Putin know something about his cronies that we don't? Probably so!!

NEWSRAEL: The reason behind the cancelation of the visit could very well be the meeting will Zelensky and the signing of an agreement for Ukraine to manufacture Turkish UAVs in Ukraine.

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