Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he held talks with Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko regarding military-technical cooperation between the two countries,Turkish daily Milliyet reported Sunday.

Erdogan revealed the subject of the talks in his plane on his way back to Turkey late Friday night, according to the report.

Erdogan said, "Currently, we are in a position conducive to cooperation with Ukraine on political, military, economic, trade, and cultural issues."

Russia is observing closely war-ready Ukrainian military and military-technical relations with NATO members as well as European Union (EU) members.

Erdogan said he telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin before his trip to the Ukraine, asking "if he had a message he wanted him to relay on his trip." Erdogan did not elaborate but it might imply he probed President Putin if there exists a possibility of Turkish mediation between Kiev and Moscow on any issue. Enditem

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