14 Aug 2016 21:17

Steinmeier arrives in Yekaterinburg for talks with Lavrov

YEKATERINBURG. Aug 14 (Interfax) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Yekaterinburg, where he will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday.

The ministers are expected to focus on Syria and Ukraine at the negotiations, an Interfax correspondent reports.

Besides, the heads of the Russian and German foreign political agencies will also attend a festive inauguration ceremony of the Russian-German Summer School in the field of energy efficiency on the basis of the Ural Federal University.