Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Antalya, and will also take part in a trilateral meeting of the Astana process guarantor countries (Russia, Iran, and Turkey) on Syria, Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Presidential Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister, said on Monday at the opening of the 11th Middle East Conference of the Valdai international discussion club.
"A bilateral meeting involving our minister and a trilateral meeting of foreign ministers, the guarantors of the Astana process, will be held in Antalya," he said.
Bogdanov noted that Russia and Turkey are also conducting a military-to-military dialogue. "Our leadership at the Khmeimim base has very advanced and effective contacts with the Turkish military," the deputy minister added.
Earlier, a source at the Turkish foreign ministry said Lavrov confirmed in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu his participation in a diplomatic forum to be held in Antalya on March 11-13, as well as in a meeting on Syria in the Astana format.
For his part, Cavusoglu earlier said that the meeting on Syria in the Astana format is scheduled one day before the diplomatic forum in Antalya. The previous international meeting on Syria was held on December 21-22, 2021, in Nur-Sultan at the level of special representatives of guarantor countries.
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Based on materials from TASS