Erdoğan remembers Peskov's fluent Turkish only after Kremlin spokesman welcomes the president in his mother tonguehttps://t.co/HlaauAMbDt pic.twitter.com/EilGz4UBSo
— DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) November 27, 2017
An amusing interaction between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov took place when the two met last week in Russian Black Sea coastal city of Sochi.
After being greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdoğan saw Peskov standing near an entrance to the 'Rus' Health Resort, where a Turkey-Russia-Iran summit was held.
Turkish president walked up to the Kremlin aide, asking in English: "Peskov, how are you?"
Peskov responded by saying "Welcome" in Turkish.
"Why am I not saying 'iyi misin' [how are you] to you?" Erdoğan said in Turkish, chuckling after remembering about Peskov's fluency in Turkish.
Between 1990 and 1994, Peskov, who is a turcologist by education, worked as an administrative assistant, an attaché and then third secretary at the Russian Embassy in Ankara.
Erdoğan visited Sochi on Nov. 22 for the trilateral summit on Syria with Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
