The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN forum in Kuala Lumpur agreed with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Malaysia Anifah Haman the investigation of the crash Malaysian Boeing in Ukraine, said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"They exchanged views on prospects of expansion of cooperation in political, trade-economic, military-technical and humanitarian spheres. Detected approaches the proximity of a pair of countries to pressing regional and international problems. Careful attention was paid to the investigation of the crash Malaysian aircraft, EN route flight MH-17 ", - is informed in the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

in Malaysia, 5-6 August annual event held by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) - a Ministerial meeting of the Russia-ASEAN meeting of foreign Ministers of the participating countries of the East Asia summit (EAS), 21st session of the ASEAN Regional forum on security (ARF).

before Wednesday Lavrov held a series of meetings with counterparts from participating countries of the forum of Asia Pacific. It is assumed that the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation will also meet with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry.

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