Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut CavusogluMOSCOW, March 15Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Moscow on March 16, hold talks with Sergey Lavrov, the parties will discuss Ukraine, Astana talks and bilateral issues. issues on the bilateral and international agenda,» the agency said in a statement. The agency reports that during the meeting, the ministers will compare watches on the situation in Ukraine, the Transcaucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, and the Black Sea region. «The ministers will exchange views on the current state of affairs in the intra-Ukrainian crisis. The Russian side will inform the Turkish colleagues about the progress of the special military operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine and the steps taken to ensure the safety of the civilian population, including the creation of humanitarian corridors and the evacuation of foreign citizens,» the ministry said. . 
Sanctions against Russia will not solve the problem, Cavusoglu said. In addition, the ministers will work out the timing and content of the next trilateral summit in the Astana format, which should be held this year, will consider the tasks facing Russia and Turkey in the context of stepping up the work of the Constitutional Committee to develop the foundations of the future political structure of Syria. Also, the parties will focus on finding ways to further establish a comprehensive political dialogue and return socio-economic and public life in Libya to a stable track and work out in detail the issues of deepening cooperation in the Transcaucasus region, unblocking transport links and communications, post-conflict reconstruction. In Turkey, Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu will also discuss building up trade and economic cooperation in the face of growing sanctions pressure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. I am engaged in bilateral trade and economic cooperation in the face of increasing sanctions pressure, interaction in the field of innovation and high technology, space exploration, and the fight against coronavirus infection,» the ministry said in a statement.
Turkey announced a lack of interest in the American PatriotThe agency noted positive trends in bilateral trade and economic relations: compared to 2020, the growth of Russian-Turkish trade in 2021 amounted to 57% (up to $ 33 billion). «The negotiations will affect joint work on such mutually beneficial projects as the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant and the operation of the TurkStream gas pipeline, the ministry said. It also noted that the ministers would pay attention to the topics of ensuring the comprehensive security of Russians in Turkey: in 2021, over 4 million Russian citizens visited Turkish resorts. «The pandemic determined the emergence of such a promising area of interaction between Russian and Turkish counterparties as the localization of production in Turkey of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus,» the Russian Foreign Ministry added, commenting on the Turkish minister's visit to Moscow.
MFA T Turkey confirmed the information about the negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation
