The head of foreign policy departments of Russia and Germany Sergey Lavrov Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed at the meeting in new York on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Libya and the crisis in Ukraine, reported in the explanations of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

dialogues Lavrov and Steinmeier held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

"They discussed a number of topical issues of international agenda, as well as among them the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Libya, and the crisis in Ukraine in the context of the forthcoming 2 October Meeting in the "Normandy format" summit in Paris, " according to the report, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

the Ministry stressed that Lavrov and Steinmeier examined the practical issues in Russian-German relations, including the development of bilateral economic relations and the preparations leading up to 2016 of the Year of youth exchanges.

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