Minister of foreign Affairs of Belgium, head of the governing body of the Council of Europe Department of the Ministers of foreign Affairs (the CMCE) Didier Reynders will arrive on 8-9 December in the Russian Federation where they will discuss the situation in Ukraine, said at a press conference in the capital of Russia official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.

" during the visit, conversations with the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, during 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. 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) ", - he said. Lukashevich added that the sides will also discuss the situation around Ukraine, the situation in the middle East.

the Belgian foreign Minister will also hold meetings in the state Duma of the Russian Federation.

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