March 30, 2018•Update: March 30, 2018
By Zuhal Demirci
ANKARA
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone on Friday, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.
“The ministers discussed a number of issues of bilateral relations in the context of the forthcoming Russian-Turkish negotiations at the highest level,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
A trilateral summit of leaders from Turkey, Russia and Iran on Syria is expected to be held next week in Istanbul.