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Turkey welcomes Russian move to lift visa requirements

Foreign ministry spokesman says Turkey expects Moscow to implement all articles of 2010 visa agreement

06.02.2019 - Update : 07.02.2019
Turkey welcomes Russian move to lift visa requirements

Ankara

By Emre Aytekin

ANKARA

Ankara welcomed Moscow's move to lift visa requirements for Turkish service passport holders and truck drivers traveling to Russia, according to a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Wednesday.

"We welcome the [Russian] decision to lift visa requirements for service passport holders and drivers conducting international transportation," Hami Aksoy said in response to a question in the Foreign Ministry building.

He said that Turkey and Russia were negotiating over implementing the decree at the earliest time, adding that Ankara looked forward to a visa lift for Turkish citizens with ordinary passports and implementing all articles of the visa agreement hammered out in 2010.

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