RIO DE JANEIRO, November 18. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the start of the first plenary session of the G20 summit, according to the broadcast of the event.

The footage showed Lavrov and Erdogan, seated next to each other, having a brief conversation.

The G20 summit is taking place in Rio de Janeiro on November 18-19. Lavrov is leading the Russian delegation on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin.