ass) -- Russia and the United States have no disagreements over North Korea, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, April 10. He said, however, that military manoeuvres should not be used as a form of intimidation. “Americans and we have no disagreements over North Korea, but military manoeuvres should not be used for intimidation,” Lavrov said at a meeting with U.S.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make a working visit to Turkmenistan on April 4 and then he will visit Tashkent. Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with President Berdymukhamedov and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in Ashgabat to discuss mutually beneficial economic ties, expansion of trade, intensification of cooperation between regions of Russia and Turkmenistan. The views concerning relevant international issues, situation in Central Asia, deeper cooperation between the Foreign Ministries of Russia and Turkmenistan will be exchanged. The cooperation program betw

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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad during a press conference on Tuesday handed over to the Russian ambassador a German man, Billy Six, whom the official identified as a journalist. "The aim of the meeting is to hand over the German journalist to the Russian ambassador," Muqdad told reporters. "As (Russian Foreign Minister Sergei) Lavrov asked us to mediate and solve the problem of German journalist Billy Six's release, we told him we were ready to help, though we once again expressed our reservations about those entering illegally into Syria," said Muqdad.