Russian-Turkish Relations in 2014

... Syria, Russia and Turkey originally belonged to opposing camps. That which included Russia insisted on involving government forces in the political dialogue, and noted the fragmentation of the Syrian opposition and the propagation of radical Islamist ideas. The countries in the other camp, consisting of NATO member states, in particular Turkey, accused Bashar al-Assad of mass killings of civilians and the use of chemical weapons and demanded his complete exclusion from the negotiation process. Energy, tourism and construction will be the key areas of bilateral cooperation. In...