Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Ankara next Monday and Tuesday to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and to take part in the 10th Ambassadors' Conference.
During his two-day trip to the Turkish capital, Lavrov will give a speech at the conference and have contacts with Turkish officials, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Thursday.
In his talks with Cavusoglu and other officials, they will discuss international issues such as Syria and efforts for peace, the Middle East, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Black Sea region, Zakharova told reporters in Moscow.
The two top diplomats will also speak about bilateral economic and trade relations, focusing on the TurkStream natural gas pipeline and Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant projects, she added.
They will also agree on a schedule of bilateral contacts at various levels, Zakharova said.
UN Syria Advisor Jan Egelend said that in case fighting started in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the UN would ask Turkey to open its borders and accept more civilians into its territories.
Egeland called on Turkey, Russia and Iran to cooperate in order to stop violence from flaring in Idlib where millions of civilians are at risk.
