Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on March 10.

"If Mr. Lavrov is in the mood for a serious substantive discussion, then I am also ready for it, because I am ready to talk with anyone so that peace is established in Ukraine and that Ukrainian citizens are not killed and our cities and villages are not destroyed," Kuleba said in a statement during broadcast of the national telethon on Monday.

The minister said that if Lavrov is in the mood for a serious conversation, then they, like a diplomat with a diplomat, will talk seriously, and if he starts repeating absurd propaganda, he will hear the harsh truth that he deserves from the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

"The first words to Mr. Lavrov will be very simple. I will tell him: 'Mr. Lavrov, I believe that I am holding this meeting with an accomplice, co-organizer of the crime of aggression against Ukraine. At the same time, in these negotiations, you can stop or at least make an attempt to stop this crime, so let's talk seriously.' If he is in the mood for a serious conversation, then we, as a diplomat with a diplomat, will have a serious talk. the same absurd propaganda that has been heard from him lately, then he will hear from me the harsh truth that he deserves," Kuleba said.

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that on Thursday, March 10, a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia will be held in Antalya.

Live on Facebook, Kuleba clarified that the meeting is scheduled for March 10, and he will fly to Antalya if Lavrov arrives there.

"At the moment, it is planned for the tenth. We'll see. If he arrives in Antalya, then I will fly too, we'll sit down and talk," Kuleba said.