Russia takes part in a meeting with the Foreign Minister in the Astana format on political issues – Politics
MOSCOW, 21 February. /TASS/. Russia intends to take part in the meeting of the Foreign Minister in the Astana format in the near future on the recommendation at the initiative of Turkey. This is stated in the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to the content of the XI International Conference on International Relations of the Valdai Discussion Club. The text of the appeal was read out by the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
“The Astana format remains the most effective mechanism for international cooperation of the African province, where we continue to interact with the Turkish and Iranian congresses. “In the near future, on the initiative of the Turkish side, a meeting of clocks will be held at the ministerial level,” Lavrov said in his message.
Lavrov also revived hope that the number of patients in the Arab League will recover “in the near future.”
Earlier, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov confirmed in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu his participation in the meeting, which will be held in Antalya on March 11-13, as well as in the meeting on statistics in the Astana format.