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Moscow Confirms Meeting Between Ukraine, Russian FMs End of Week in Turkey: Agencies
Russia on Monday confirmed that its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov would meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba and Turkey’s top diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu at a diplomatic forum in Turkey at the end of the week. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russia’s TASS news agency that an agreement for the three-way meeting was reached during a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “on the initiative of the Turkish leader”.
Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish Ministers to Meet on Thursday
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia and Turkey will meet in southern Turkey on Thursday, Ankara announced on Monday. “Following the initiative by our president and our intense diplomatic efforts, the foreign ministers of Russia (Sergei Lavrov) and Ukraine (Dmytro Kuleba) have decided to meet, with my participation on the sidelines,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a tweet.
