Minister of foreign Affairs of Belgium, head of the division of Ministers of the Council of Europe Didier Reynders will visit Moscow on 8-9 December, said in Russian depodesta.

According to the official envoy of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Lukashevich during the visit Reynders will hold dialogues with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, " which will be held an exchange of views on a broad range of bilateral agenda, as well as on topical issues of international and regional Affairs."

Visit Didier Reynders will be held in the framework of the six-month presidency of Belgium in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which began on 13 November.

" Of course, we will focus on the problem of the Council of Europe with regard to six-month presidency of Belgium in this organ (the CMCE), " said Lukashevich. He added that the sides will also discuss the situation around Ukraine, the situation in the middle East.

During your stay in the Russian Federation Minister of foreign Affairs of Belgium will hold a series of meetings with Russian officials, and among them by the speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Sergei Naryshkin. In addition, it is expected that Reynders will visit the MGIMO University of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which will communicate with students and academic staff.

before the Belgian foreign Minister told reporters that he was going in the beginning of winter visits to the capital of Russia and Kiev, to help permit the fall in Ukraine, but also to establish close cooperation between the EU and the Council of Europe on the issue. He also said that in early January, the EU and the COE have the opportunity to discuss solutions to the Ukrainian fall.

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