On 2026-10-15, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Baku. The encounter took place on the sidelines of the ASI summit, a gathering that Lavrov had already attended. The meeting was part of Lavrov’s schedule of contacts at the event.
On the same date, Lavrov also held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. This conversation occurred on the sidelines of a multilateral forum in Baku. The meeting was announced by Russian Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Putin meets Fidan, lauds Turkey's mediation in Ukraine crisis, expects closer BRICS collaboration Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the top Turkish diplomat, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Moscow on Tuesday. Putin praised Turkey’s role for mediating peace talks with Ukraine two years ago and in the grain deal brokered by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He added that he hopes to meet Erdogan in Kazakhstan in July on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. Putin also welcomed Turkey's interest in the BRICS group of nation, a group comprising major merging economies, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. Earlier on Monday, the Turkish FM was asked whether Turkey would like to join BRICS during his visit to Beijing. Fidan said, "we would like to of course, why would we not?"
Lavrov’s schedule included the SVDMA summit, also hosted in Baku. During this event, he again held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The briefing notes describe the SVDMA meeting as part of Lavrov’s extensive schedule of contacts at the summit.
During this event, he again held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
These three meetings—each rooted in a distinct summit setting—show how a senior Russian official can advance bilateral ties with both Turkey and China.