President Erdoğan in Sochi

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in the Russian city of Sochi to attend the 4th Trilateral Summit on Syria, which will be held with the participation of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.

Upon his arrival at Sochi International Airport, President Erdoğan was welcomed by Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, Head of the State Protocol Department at Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Igor Bogdashev, Turkey’s Ambassador to Moscow Mehmet Samsar and Turkey’s Consul General in Novorossiysk Yunus Emre Öziğci.

Accompanying President Erdoğan on his visit to Russia are First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak and Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar.