AMMAN, November 2. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday evening, TASS reported.

On Thursday, the Russian top diplomat is scheduled to hold talks with his Jordanian counterpart Hussein Abdullah Al-Safadi and meet with King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein.

The talks are expected to focus on pressing international and regional issues, in particular Ukraine, Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian settlement, Iraq and the Gulf, as well as on bilateral issues.

Amman is the first destination on the foreign minister’s working tour around the Middle East. Lavrov is paying a visit to the capital of the United Arab Emirates the next day.

Lavrov’s previous visit to Jordan took place in 2019.