The meeting is to take place on the sidelines of the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya.
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Istanbul The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia want to meet for talks in Turkey. Both sides have agreed and are expected in Antalya on March 10, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. The talks should take place together with Cavusoglu in a three-way format.
According to agencies, the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow has confirmed that a meeting between the head of department Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba is planned on the fringes of the diplomatic forum in Antalya. A spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign ministry told Unian agency: “The possibility of such a meeting is being studied.”
The forum, which takes place regularly, brings together politicians, diplomats and experts from various fields for discussions. Turkey had repeatedly offered to mediate in the Ukraine conflict.
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