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On March 28-29, 2019 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a working visit to Turkey (Antalya) at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavusoglu to take part in the seventh meeting of the Russian-Turkish Joint Strategic Planning Group acting under the Russian-Turkish High-Level Cooperation Council.

Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On February 26, 2019 President of Russia Vladimir Putin offered his heartfelt greetings to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his 65th birthday and noted his extensive personal contribution to the development of Russia-Turkey relations during a telephone conversation.<br />
The presidents discussed preparations for the 8th meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, which will take place in Moscow in April 2019.<br />

On February 14, 2019 the fourth trilateral meeting of the heads of states, guarantors of the Astana process for facilitating the Syrian peace settlement was held in Sochi.<br />

On February 14, 2019 President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the fourth trilateral meeting of the heads of states.<br />

On January 23, 2019, The President of Russia Vladimir Putin met at the Moscow Kremlin with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan who arrived in Russia on a working visit.

On December 29, 2018 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and Presidential Aide Yuriy Ushakov held negotiations on Syria with Turkish President’s Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Head of Turkish Intelligence Agency Hakan Fidan.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement for the media on the results of Russia-Turkey negotiations on Syria in the interdepartmental format