The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov on the first day of the week will discuss in the Russian capital With Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni Ukrainian settlement, the situation in the middle East and bilateral cooperation. According to the report, posted on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Gentiloni will arrive in the Russian capital on the first day of the week. In addition to meeting With Italian Minister Lavrov will hold dialogues With Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, which will examine the issues of economic cooperation. "The main goal - the continuation of a substantive discussion of topical issues of international policy and security, to consider ways of further development of Russian-Italian cooperation in line with the outcomes of previous meetings of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the pairs of countries ", - is informed in the report. As informs the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, " in the process of negotiations on 1 June the head of the foreign Affairs agencies give serious consideration to a joint search for additional opportunities to assist the settlement of the internal Ukrainian conflict on the basis of strict observance of the Minsk agreements of February 12, 2015." Lavrov and Gentiloni will also consider other pressing foreign policy problems, for example, the situation in Libya, Syria, and Iran's nuclear weapons programme, as well as Russia's relations With the EU and NATO, " stressed the Ministry. "The Ministers discussed Central issues of Russian-Italian relations in the political, economic and cultural spheres, civil societies ", - informs the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. "Both sides expressed concern about the negative downward trend of bilateral trade, although Italy remains an important economic partner of Russia. According to the Russian statistics, in the first 3 months of 2015, it has decreased by 26, 2% compared With the same period in 2014. In 2014, the volume of mutual trade increased in comparison With 2013 by 10% and amounted to 48, 5 billion. USA ", - stressed in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. According to the report, " for more information about the prospects of Russian-Italian cooperation in the economic sphere will be discussed at the meeting of the co-chairs of the Russian-Italian Council on economic, industrial, monetary and financial cooperation Dvorkovich and Gentiloni, scheduled during the stay of the Italian Minister in the capital of Russia ". "Following in line with the General lines of the EU and NATO, the Italian guide supported anti-Russian punishment. Along With this Rome seeks to prevent irreparable harm has developed in recent years of mutually beneficial bilateral partnership, celebrates its interest in preserving established for most of the years, extensive resource of Russian-Italian relations, as well as among them in maintaining a tradition of close and trustful dialogue at the highest level ", - said in the message of the foreign Ministry. Western countries Since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA. The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news