Putin to visit Turkey on december 3

A statement from the Prime Ministry said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled visit to Turkey in mid-October was not canceled, but postponed to December 3. "In line with an agreement between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone conversation held on October 8, the third meeting of the Turkish-Russian High-Level Cooperation Council will be organized on December 3, 2012," the statement said, adding that relations between the two countries will be discussed in detail, and opinions will be exchanged on important regional and international issues during the meeting to be attended by ministers of the two countries.