Russia Backs Turkey for New Ukraine Talks After Nixing Vatican
Sergei Lavrov, right, and Hakan Fidan in Moscow, on May 27.
Photographer: Pavel Bednyakov/AFP/Getty ImagesRussia supports Turkey hosting another round of peace talks with Ukraine after a first meeting made no progress in US efforts to halt more than three years of war.
“We are grateful for Turkey for its readiness to continue assisting with such negotiations and a peace settlement,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday after discussions with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Moscow.