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Sergei Lavrov leaving for London to hold meeting with John Kerry over Ukraine

MOSCOW, March 13, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is leaving for London where he is expected to have a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over Ukraine Friday, March 14, a source at the Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass.

“Sergei Lavrov is leaving for London where he will hold a meeting on Ukraine with Secretary Kerry,” he said. “He will also meet with the British Foreign Secretary (William Hague).”

In the meantime, Kerry told members of the foreign policy committee in the House of Representatives he was due to have a working meeting with Barack Obama within a few hours left before his own departure for London. Kerry said he was going to London at Obama’s instruction and the President had requested a personal meeting before the Secretary of State left Washington.