Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  had a meeting on 11 March, in Doha to discuss the Syrian crisis and ways of cooperation with the aim of contributing to a lasting political solution. The Ministers, emphasized their commitment to preserving the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic in accordance with the UN Charter.  “Today we launched a new trilateral consultation process. Our goal is to discuss how we can contribute to efforts towards a lasting political solution in Syria” Cavusoglu said in a joint press conference after the meeting.