Russian, Ukrainian foreign ministers to meet in Antalya this week

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Russian counterpart Sergi Lavrov have agreed to meet on March 10 during a diplomacy forum in Turkey's coastal province Antalya. This will be the first high-level meeting between the warring nations since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Monday March 07 2022 02:41 pm

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergi Lavrov are seen in this collage photo.

Anadolu Agency

Turkish foreign minister on March 7 announced a tripartite meeting with Ukraine and Russia to be held at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum later this week.

"We will hold this meeting in a tripartite format in Antalya on Thursday, March 10," said Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

Expressing hope that the meeting "will be a turning point" and "important step" towards peace and stability, the Turkish foreign minister said Ankara would "continue to make efforts for a lasting peace."

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum will be held on March 11-13 in Turkey's Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya.

Russia's war on Ukraine has been met with outrage from the international community, with the European Union, UK, and US, among others, imposing a range of economic sanctions on Moscow.

At least 364 civilians have been killed and 759 others injured in Ukraine since Russia launched a war against the Eastern European country on Feb. 24, according to UN figures, with the real toll feared to be higher.

More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, according to the UN refugee agency.

Topics Turkey Ukraine Russia Kuleba Lavrov