- Title: Russian, Turkish foreign ministers meet to discuss Syria
- Date: 1st December 2016
- Summary: ALANYA, TURKEY (DECEMBER 1, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MEDIA GATHERED IN LOBBY OF RESORT TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU ARRIVING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV VARIOUS OF LAVROV AND CAVUSOGLU SHAKING HANDS AND POSING FOR PHOTO LAVROV AND CAVUSOGLU LEAVING
- Embargoed: 16th December 2016 08:06
- Keywords: Turkey Russia talks. Syria Sergei Lavrov Mevlut Cavusoglu
- Location: ALANYA, TURKEY
- City: ALANYA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA0015B1X0ZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday (December 1) at a southern holiday resort in Alanya.
Turkey restored strained ties with Russia in August, the same month in which it sent tanks and Special Forces into Syria in support of Turkmen and Arab rebels fighting Islamic State, in an operation dubbed "Euphrates Shield".
The visit comes after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria's Aleppo with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone for the third time in a week and agreed on the need for a ceasefire.
Following his meeting with Cavusoglu on Thursday, Lavrov said that Russia would continue its operations in eastern Aleppo as well as its efforts to allow humanitarian aid into the city.
Syrian rebels on Wednesday (November 30) vowed to fight on in east Aleppo in the face of sudden government advances that have cut the city's opposition sector by a third and brought the insurgents to the brink of a catastrophic defeat. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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