Friday 31 / January / 2025
Kiev: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has confirmed plans to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey this week.
"Currently the 10th of March is planned. Let's see - if he flies to Antalya, then I'll fly too. Let's sit down, let's talk," Kuleba said in a video message on Monday evening.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu had previously said both sides were expected in the Turkish city of Antalya on 10 March. The talks are likely to take place with Cavusoglu in a three-way format.
If Lavrov was ready for a serious talk, they would speak "from diplomat to diplomat." But should Lavrov "start repeating the absurd propaganda that has been dished out lately, I'll give him the hard truth he deserves," Kuleba asserted.
The diplomat said his country was also not closed to direct talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
