Putin says relations with Turkey recovered

Following talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin says relations between their two nations have recovered.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia's relationship with Turkey has fully recovered after what he called a crisis caused by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in 2015.

Russia retaliated against Turkey at the time with a slew of economic sanctions and Ankara later took measures which made life difficult for Moscow too.

Speaking on Wednesday after holding talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea Russian resort of Sochi, Putin said relations were finally getting back to normal and that trade had stopped falling.

"Some time ago our bilateral ties, as it well known, were tested. Now we can say with certainty ... that the recovery process in Russo-Turkish ties is complete," Putin told a news conference.

"We are getting back to a normal cooperative partnership."

Putin said Russia would launch a joint investment fund with Turkey with funds of up to $US1 billion ($A1.3 billion) and said Moscow stood ready to help Turkey improve security measures at its tourist resorts.


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