Russia has dropped its ban of various key Turkish produce items, almost a year after the restrictions were put in place due to a military jet being shot down by the Mediterranean country. 

The ban was implemented in January this year, and applied to produce items including tomatoes, oranges, grapes, plums, peaches, apricots and strawberries.

In a posting on the Russian Government's website, a document said imports for many of these had now been authorized.

"The signed decree excluded from the list: fresh or dried oranges, fresh or dried tangerines (including Tangiers and satsuma), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus Hebrides, fresh apricots, fresh peaches, including nectarines, fresh plums and blackthorns," the document says.

The development comes just a day after Turkey and Russia struck a historic pipeline deal on Oct. 10 to carry natural gas beneath the Black Sea before it reaches Europe.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul for talks which touched on energy deals, trade and tourism ties, defense and the conflict in Syria.

"Today has been a full day with President Putin of discussing Russia-Turkish relations...I have full confidence that the normalization of Turkish-Russian ties will continue at a fast pace," Erdoğan told a joint news conference.

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