Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said Thursday he had spoken to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan, adding that the expulsion of a Russian diplomat had not been discussed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday met with Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger to discuss the functioning of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

EU diplomacy chief Federica Mogherini stressed in talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday that the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty must be preserved as it is key to European and global security, the EU External Action Service (EEAS) reported.

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell said on Thursday that Russia was responsible for the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe due to its alleged involvement in the eastern Ukrainian conflict.

The United States, as the largest financial contributor to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), is interested in the organization's strengthening, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell said Thursday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) Ministerial Council on Thursday, a Sputnik correspondent reported

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold meetings with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger on the sidelines of the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday