Die Republik Österreich
The meeting of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs S. V. Lavrov with Federal President of Austria H.Fischer
PRESS RELEASE
16 February, during his working visit to Vienna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov was received for conversation by Federal President of the Republic of Austria H. Fischer.
Primary attention was paid to discussion of the progress of implementation of practical accords, reached following the results of an official visit of the Head of Austria to Russia in May 2011, including on the signed at top level Declaration on partnership for modernization. Both parties expressed their satisfaction with the rates and quality of development of the bilateral cooperation in various spheres.
A concerned exchange of opinions on a number of international issues, including the situation in Syria took place.
16 February 2012