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Russian President Vladimir Putin has described Turkey\'s interest in establishing contacts with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a positive sign. \"I was very pleased when the Turkish prime minister, during our recent meeting, unexpectedly expressed Turkey\'s interest in arranging cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This is a positive signal,\" Putin said before negotiations with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty on Wednesday.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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