Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, August 17, 2017
(World News Russia)

Talks between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Egyptian Foreign Minister Samen Shukri Talks between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Samen Shukri, who will come to the Russian capital on a working visit, will be held on August 21. The ministers will continue their exchange of views on a wide range of issues on international and regional agenda as a follow-up to the talks between the defence and foreign ministers of the two countries held in Cairo on May 29 in the `two plus two` format. The ministers will focus on current aspects of further strengthening Russian-Egyptian relations. Egypt is one of Russia`s leading partners in the Middle East...