Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RBC TV channel, Moscow, March 16, 2022

https://www.mid.ru/en/press_service/minister_speeches/1804655/ Question: Initially, the in-person talks were held in Belarus followed by online talks. You met with Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in Antalya, Turkey, on March 10. What’s your take on the negotiating process? Sergey Lavrov: I did not fly to Turkey in order to forestall the Belarusian negotiating track agreed upon by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky which is now being implemented via video conference.