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Russia’s Lavrov visiting Ankara to discuss array of collaborative activities

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to arrive in Turkey today for an official two-day visit at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. Lavrov will discuss Russian-Turkish cooperation within the context of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), as well as international issues in other Black Sea formats, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said yesterday in Moscow. Full Story