Foreign relations of Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he "heard nothing new" when he met with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Belgrade on Thursday.

The two ministers are in Serbia for the OSCE Ministerial Council, and met on the sidelines of the event, for the first time since Turkey shot down a Russian bomber near the Syria-Turkey border.

The much-anticipated meeting between the Turkish and Russian foreign ministers, the first face-to-face encounter after Turkey downed a Russian jet on its border with Syria on Nov. 24, has yielded no result. 

Modern Europe cannot afford conflicts in a situation of radical interdependence, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov said in Belgrade on Thursday.

"We are heavily influenced by the crisis that surrounds us," he told the OSCE Ministerial Council.

Russian and Turkish FMs to meet in Belgrade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet in Belgrade on Thursday afternoon, it has been reported.

The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council conference that both officials are attending.

Ivica Dacic late on Wednesday met with Russia's Sergei Lavrov, saying it was "regrettable there was no unity for now in the fight against terrorism."

The Serbian foreign minister and the OSCE chairperson-in-office also condemned Turkey's recent shooting down of a Russian bomber that was flying an anti-terrorist mission.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu on Dec. 3 at 3:30 pm local time on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting in Belgrade, Turkish diplomatic sources told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu on Dec. 3 at 3:30 pm local time on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting in Belgrade, Turkish diplomatic sources told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said he was "willing to meet his Turkish counterpart" during the OSCE summit in Belgrade this week.

AFP is reporting this will be "the two countries' first high-level face-to-face talks since Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes" in Syria.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?oglu will meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of an OSCE conference in Belgrade on Dec. 3-4 for the first face-to-face meeting between high-level Turkish and Russian officials since the downing of a Russian jet on Nov. 24.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has repeated his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a face-to-face meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the Global Climate Summit to talk and to resolve ongoing bilateral crisis after a Russian warplane was downed by Turkey on Nov 24.