Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert fico and Head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov are meeting in Bratislava on the first day of the weekend.

before Lavrov met with the President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska. Speaking about the meeting with Pussy, Lavrov said that agreed on a number of bilateral issues. He said that the issue of Ukraine was also the focus of discussion during the meeting.

"spoke about the liberation of Bratislava, Slovakia, our combat brotherhood, on the need to avoid any exacerbation of the European continent," said the Minister.

Before meeting with fico, Lavrov told that plans to discuss with the Prime Minister issues of economic cooperation.

first it was claimed that Lavrov's visit to Slovakia timed to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Slovak capital by the red Army. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation jointly with the leadership of Slovakia will participate in events at the memorial to Soviet soldiers in the Slavin.

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