Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Turkiye

On February 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was on a visit to Ankara, where he was received by President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and had talks with Foreign Minister of Turkiye Hakan Fidan.

During the meetings and conversations, the parties reaffirmed Russia and Turkiye’s commitment to implementing the agreements that were achieved earlier at the highest level, and to consistently develop the entire scope of mutually beneficial wide-ranging cooperation. 

The sides also had a substantive review of current issues on the international agenda, with a special focus on the issues of Syrian settlement and the developments in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

They agreed to maintain extensive Russian-Turkish political dialogue, including on the Ukraine crisis as well as other international topics of mutual interest.