4 Dec 2014 19:18

Lavrov holds meeting with OSCE chief

BASEL. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding a meeting with the Chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter on the sidelines of an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting.

Most ministers spoke at the meeting, focusing mainly on the situation in Ukraine, an Interfax correspondent said.

So it is obvious that the same topic will be raised at a meeting in the context of the OSCE efforts to resolve the crisis, though a discussion of bilateral issues is not ruled out either, especially in light of Switzerland's decision to join the European Union's sanctions against Russia.