The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu following the 9th Meeting of the Turkey-Ukraine Joint Strategic Planning Group on October 7 in Lviv.
Parties discussed the preparation of the 10th meeting of the High-Level Strategic Council, security in the Black Sea, military-technical cooperation, free trade agreement, and tourism.
“The main topic of our talks today is the preparation of the 10th meeting of the High-Level Strategic Council, chaired by presidents Zelensky and Erdoğan. The meeting will take place at the beginning of next year,” Kuleba said.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (L) and Dmytro Kuleba (R)
The senior diplomat expressed the need to maintain a balance in terms of security and interests in the Black Sea region.
"The Black Sea should not be a space for aggressive action by any country. To achieve this goal, Ukraine and Turkey will work closely together," the Minister noted.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is on a working visit to Ukraine on 7-8 October 2021, on the occasion of the 9th Meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Group between Turkey and Ukraine.
