Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan will meet in the Russian capital, Moscow, "in the nearest future," according to the Russian TASS news agency.

TASS cited Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as a source for the information.

The report comes as Turkey tries to persuade Moscow to return to a deal it helped broker that allowed the safe export of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports despite the conflict in Ukraine caused by Russia's invasion.

The Kremlin has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to
hold one-to-one talks soon with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the deal, but has given no date or venue for the meeting.