Russia Taking Efforts To Organize Lavrov-Pompeo Talks In Late September - Foreign Ministry

Russia Taking Efforts to Organize Lavrov-Pompeo Talks in Late September - Foreign Ministry

Moscow is taking efforts to ensure that a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session in late September, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th August, 2018) Moscow is taking efforts to ensure that a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session in late September, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

"I think it [the Lavrov-Pompeo talks on the UNGA sidelines] are quite possible ... But it would be rather inconsiderate of me to say anything firmly until concrete agreements on the venue and dates are reached ... The high-level segment of the UN General Assembly is the closest opportunity [to hold Lavrov-Pompeo talks]. We are working in this direction," Ryabkov told reporters, when asked whether there were plans for a meeting between Lavrov and Pompeo on the UNGA sidelines.