Russian leadership has no plans to visit Turkey or receive its officials in Moscow - Lavrov

MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The Russian leadership has no plans to pay visits to Turkey or receive its representatives in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. Lavrov noted that he was going to travel to Turkey to take part in a sessioin of the Russian-Turkish strategic planning council, which is a coordinating body of the interstate dialogue. "Of course, after the attack against our aircraft we have cancelled this session," the minister said. "We have no plans so far to visit Turkey or receive our Turkish counterparts here," Lavrov said. "Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu expressed hope that we will be able to sit down and discuss everything calmly on the sidelines of some international events, in particular, the OSCE Ministerial Council, which will take place in Belgrade on December 3 and 4. I made no commitments, first of all, we should not discuss but understand all aspects of what has happened." "We do not evade contacts, my conversation with minister Cavusoglu today proves that," Lavrov said. Read more