Russia to Suspend Visa-Free Travel with Turkey
Russia is suspending its visa-free regime with Turkey from January 1, 2016, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The announcement comes in response to the downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish Air Force earlier this week, RT reports.
"We have decided to suspend the visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey. This decision will come into force on January 1," Lavrov said on Thursday, after a meeting in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem.
Visa-free travel between Russia and Turkey was introduced in April 2011 following an intergovernmental agreement. It allowed Russian citizens to stay in Turkey for 30 days without a visa and vice versa.
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