Minister of Culture and Tourism Ersoy: "We will continue our work to strengthen our cooperation with Russia"

According to the written statement made by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Minister Ersoy met with Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Vladimir Ilichev and Deputy Minister of Transport Vladimir Poteshkin in Antalya.

Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Nadir Alpaslan, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Enver İskurt and General Director of Civil Aviation Prof. attended the meeting where increasing the flights between the two countries and diversifying transportation opportunities were discussed. Dr. Kemal Yüksek also attended.

Also at the meeting, Director General of Promotion Timuçin Güler, Head of the European Union and Foreign Relations Department Dr. Gözde Şahin, Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) General Manager Sinan Seha Türkseven and representatives from the Russian Embassy in Ankara were present.

In his post on his social account regarding the meeting, Minister Ersoy stated that they discussed the issues of increasing flights between countries and diversifying transportation opportunities, and said, "We will continue our work to support tourism mobility between the two countries and strengthen our cooperation in air transportation." he said.