Russian foreign minister to attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 12

MOSCOW

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 12, following an invitation from his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, the ministry spokeswoman announced on Wednesday.

According to Maria Zakharova, Lavrov will participate in the forum’s main events and hold meetings with several of his counterparts. However, she did not specify which countries’ representatives are scheduled to meet with the minister.

"On April 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Türkiye at the invitation of the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Türkiye to participate in the 4th Antalya Diplomatic Forum. At the event, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry is scheduled to speak and hold bilateral meetings with foreign colleagues," she said.

The agenda will include key international issues, such as the situation in the Middle East, North Africa, the South Caucasus, and the Black Sea region, as well as current topics concerning bilateral relations with individual states, Zakharova noted.

She also confirmed that on April 10, Russia and the US will hold the second round of talks at the residence of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul aimed at resolving the problems in the work of the embassies of the two nations, according to media reports.

The Russian delegation will be led by Russia's Ambassador to the US Alexander Darchiev, while the US delegation by Deputy Assistant Secretary Sonata Coulter.

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum is an annual international conference on diplomacy, held in Antalya, Türkiye since 2021.