ML-Implode News - Once Foes Over Syria, Erdogan and Putin Look to Patch Things Up

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are expected to reconsider their dispute over Syria at a meeting on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, with both leaders interested in a public display of affection to show the West that strained ties have not left them isolated.
While Mr. Erdogan has long insisted that Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, will need to cede power before any peace deal can be discussed, Russia's success on the battlefield, backed by Iran, may have altered the calculus.

Mr. Erdogan's visit to Russia, his first venture outside his country after a failed coup last month, is draped in symbolism because Turkey's relationships with the United States and the European Union have eroded significantly.
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the Kremlin never misses a chance to try to exploit cracks in the NATO alliance, and it has repeatedly expressed support for Mr. Erdogan since the coup attempt.
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Economic links are being restored, although local Russian producers do not want to compete with the same volume of imports of cucumbers and tomatoes, for example. The countries agreed to resume military contacts and counterterrorism cooperation.

On the resumption of economic links note, see Putin's Meeting With Erdogan Will 'Give the Green Light' to Turkish Stream.

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Once Foes Over Syria, Erdogan and Putin Look to Patch Things Up