Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking today at the "Russia is a country of potential" forum, referred to Russia's strategic cooperation with Turkey, but also to the sale of S-400 air defense systems to Turkey.
Referring to the co-operation between the two countries, he said that the policy pursued by their leaders on the issue of strategic co-operation "shows the wisdom of the leaders who make such decisions".
"Turkey is our neighbor. "You should not be an enemy to the neighbors, that is my deep conviction, the neighbors should not turn against each other," Lavrov said.
"What we are doing now with Turkey in the trade and economic sector (South Stream, a nuclear power plant) is long-term projects with a perspective of years and decades, while the economic foundations that we are creating, and we conclude it from a number of other regions, are "The best guarantee for the cooperation of the countries so that they do not come into a useless confrontation with each other", concluded Lavrov. The head of the Russian diplomacy, referring to the sale of S-400 weapons systems in Turkey, said that Russia does not He has nothing to fear from these sales, while speaking about the cooperation with Turkey and Iran, he said that "the agreements that we managed to reach on the Syrian issue are unprecedented".
This is because, as he said, "we were able to unite three players, Russia, Turkey and Iran, who do not approach the situation in Syria in the same way and do not have the same interests in this region."
"However - he continued - realizing that we all live side by side and that each must take into account the interests of the other and seek agreements that allow us to act on this foreign policy front in such a way, so that these interests do not conflict, but are in some way compatible, I consider this to be a majestic conquest. "