New Delhi, June 14 -- MOSCOW - He is the only senior minister from a NATO member state who holds working relationships with both Kyiv and Moscow, with both Washington and Tehran's interlocutors, and who has already chaired the most significant face-to-face talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in three years. And on Monday, Hakan Fidan flew to Moscow.

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that Fidan, Turkey's foreign minister, would arrive in the Russian capital for a three-day working visit running through June 17, during which he is scheduled to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The agenda, as outlined by Moscow, covers the Middle East, the Palestinian question, Black Sea shipping security, and Syria...