News Agencies – Minsiter of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov have held phone conversation, TASS reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during a phone conversation on Thursday discussed the prospects for intensifying the process of a peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict and reaffirmed the readiness of Moscow and Ankara to support the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva.
“The parties discussed the prospects for intensifying the process of peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict, reaffirming in this context the readiness of Russia and Turkey to provide all possible support to the work of the constitutional committee in Geneva, the third meeting of which is scheduled for August 24 this year. The parties stressed out the importance of building up a comprehensive counteraction to the terrorist threat, preventing new attacks by terrorists “, – message of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.
The foreign ministers of the two countries also noted that there is no alternative to a political solution to the crisis in Libya. “An exchange of views on the situation in Libya has been made. The ministers noted that there is no alternative to a political solution to the crisis in this country on the basis of the existing international legal framework, primarily Resolution 2510 of the UN Security Council and the decisions of the Berlin Conference on January 19”, the Russian diplomatic service reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry added that it was “agreed to continue consultations to assist the parties in order to establish a cessation of hostilities as soon as possible and begin an inter-Libyan dialogue towards a political settlement of the conflict.”
