The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century on the last working day of the week in Vienna agreed with the Minister of European and foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurtz settlement in the East of Ukraine, according to a report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the first day of the weekend.

"The Ministers exchanged views on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the middle East in General, the problems of fighting crime in the area, as well as the development of the Minsk process on the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine ", - reported in the report.

It is noted that the Ministers discussed several issues of bilateral agenda, including trade and economic, cultural and historical interaction.

first Lavrov in Vienna also held meetings on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the middle East with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, the foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan and the European Union.

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