Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu promises to raise the issue of Crimea's deoccupation during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said so during a phone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko.
"My colleague also stressed: Turkey will raise the issue of the deoccupation of Crimea and the release of all citizens of Ukraine illegally detained in Russia and in the occupied territories during Putin's visit today," he wrote.
In addition, Cavusoglu expressed condolences over the crash of the MAU airliner.
Putin is due to visit Turkey today to commission the "Turkish Stream" pipeline bypassing Ukraine along the bottom of the Black Sea.