Russian foreign minister heads to Turkey to seal visa deal
The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers will meet in Antalya Friday to discuss a range of topics as a controversial missile deal between Ankara and Moscow threatens to further deteriorate Turkey-US ties.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Istanbul, Turkey October 27, 2018. Cem Oskuz/Pool via REUTERS - RC1FE28A77A0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2019/03/RTX6GR3F.jpg/RTX6GR3F.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Z-m4Oukv)
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov are due to meet in Turkey’s southern Mediterranean resort city of Antalya tomorrow amid escalating tensions with Washington over Ankara’s determined plans to purchase Russian S-400 missiles.
The meeting has been billed as the Seventh Turkish Russian Joint Strategic Planning Group Meeting being held under the aegis of the Turkish Russian High-Level Cooperation Council.