ANKARA, March 17 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister

Hakan Fidan reiterated that Turkey is ready to host the next

round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, during a phone

call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday,

Turkey's foreign ministry said.

Fidan underlined the risks posed by the prolonged war for

both regional countries and the international order, while the

ministers also addressed issues related to energy security,

according to the ministry.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said the conversation between

Fidan and Lavrov covered Russian-Turkish energy cooperation,

with particular emphasis on securing the Blue Stream and

TurkStream gas pipelines amid what Moscow described as Ukraine's

attempts to damage their infrastructure.

Last week Russia said that it had foiled Ukrainian attacks

on its gas pumping stations, operated by Gazprom, that form part

of the network delivering gas to Europe through TurkStream and

Blue Stream.