Putin postpones visit to Turkey, reasons unknown![]() October 11, 2012 - 10:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Turkey planned for Oct 14-15 has been postponed until November, Today’s Zaman reports. Russian sources say Putin and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone earlier this week and the visit was delayed upon Putin's request. The reason for the delay is yet unknown. Putin was planning to visit Turkey for a meeting of the Turkey-Russia High Level Cooperation Council, which was established in 2010. Partner news Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates. Moscow has condemned other nations for supporting rebel forces and failing to condemn what it describes as terrorist attacks on the Syrian regime. Partner news |