Russia and Turkey held high-level consultation talks on July 21 and 22 in Ankara which resulted in a four-article agreement that stipulates the establishment of a joint working group for Libya. Afterward there was a July 23 telephone discussion between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU’s high representative for foreign and security policy, Josep Borrell. Discussions centered on achieving a lasting ceasefire and de-escalation in Libya.
“Following up on Russian-Turkish interdepartmental consultations in Ankara on July 21-22, both ministers reaffirmed the need for the further exchange of views on ways to expedite stabilisation in Libya, the cessation of hostilities there and the establishment of an UN-mediated intra-Libyan dialogue,” according to a press release issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry after their phone conversation. The release also said that they also discussed the border tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
