Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly to Russia next week for talks on boosting economic and energy cooperation, his press office said Tuesday.
The Jan. 12-13 visit "will allow for strengthening multi-dimensional ties between the two states and discussing prospects of further developing co-operation," a statement said.
Mutual economic issues, especially the energy sector, will also be on the agenda.
Russia is one of Turkey's top trading partners and its main gas supplier, accounting for about 60% of the country's gas imports.
On a visit to Ankara in August, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Erdogan signed a protocol to start surveying in Turkish waters for the South Stream gas pipeline, which is seen as a rival to the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project.
Russia has been promoting South Stream as an alternative route to Europe after a price row with Ukraine last year left millions without heating in winter and sparked accusations Moscow was using gas as a political weapon.