Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet in Moscow with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on March 16. Russia’s special operation in Ukraine will be among the topics, the Russian foreign ministry said.
"On March 16, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Moscow to have talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on a wide range of issues on the bilateral and international agenda," the ministry said.
"The minister will exchange views on the current situation in the Ukrainian crisis. The Russian side will inform the Turkish colleagues about the course of the special military operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine and the steps that are being taken to ensure security of the civilian population, including the establishment of humanitarian corridors and evacuation of foreign citizens," it noted.
Apart from that, "the ministers will discuss the dates and details of another trilateral summit in the Astana format, which is scheduled for this year," the ministry said. "The sides will consider the tasks for our countries in the context of the invigoration of the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s work on the elaboration of the basic principles of Syria’s future political system.".
