Ukraine-Russia war, the meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Ukrainian Dmytro Kuleba began in Antalya, in southern Turkey. This was announced by the Anadolu news agency.
Prior to this expected summit, the highest at a diplomatic level since the beginning of the conflict, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian Minister Kuleba and then with Russian Minister Lavrov.
The goal is to pave the way for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, explaining that ” our main purpose is to bring the three leaders together ”, also referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba announced for his part that he had heard again from the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. “Grateful to the United States for the new package of harsh sanctions against Russia – wrote the head of diplomacy in Kiev on Twitter – The pressure must increase until Russia ends its brutal aggression and barbaric war crimes against the Ukrainians “.
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