Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Meets with Representatives of NGO ‘Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia’

PRESS RELEASE

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov received on May 19 a delegation of the American NGO ‘Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia' (former National Conference on Soviet Jewry).

In the course of the meeting the main attention was paid to examining topical themes of the agenda of Russian-American relations. An exchange of views also took place on a number of international problems, including the situation in the Middle East, the resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem and the issues of combating manifestations of religious and ethnic intolerance, anti-Semitism and xenophobia as one of the conditions for overcoming conflicts in the contemporary world.

The meeting participants emphasized the importance of cooperation between the public circles of Russia and the United States as an integral part of efforts for the further strengthening of mutual understanding and for the construction of long-term equal relations between the two countries.

May 19, 2009