Erdogan interrupts visit to Russia after terrorist attack in Ankara

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan.

At the meeting, it became known that efforts to normalize interbank transactions between Turkey and Russia are continuing. “In this regard, to create a mechanism, our ministries of finance and central banks are in contact,” Ergodan was quoted as saying. TASS.

He also condemned Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, saying they threatened global security, and invited Putin to visit Turkey “in a very short time.”

Ergodan, who is in the Russian Federation, was promptly informed about the terrorist attack at the Tusaş aerospace industry enterprise in Ankara. According to the TV channel Oh news, The Turkish leader interrupts his program at the BRICS summit in Kazan and will return to his country on the morning of Thursday, October 24.

In addition, according to the TRT television channel, Erdogan did not attend the gala reception in Kazan on the occasion of the summit.

According to the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs, the attackers tried to enter the corporation’s head office, the security resisted, after which shooting began and an explosion occurred. As a result of the terrorist attack in Ankara, five people were killed and 22 people were injured.

The aerospace corporation is a manufacturer of military aircraft, Turkish Anka drones and space equipment and is engaged in the modernization of F-16 fighter jets.