MOSCOW, February 05, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met on February 6 with Spanish Ambassador to Russia Jose Ignacio Carbajal Garate to discuss aspect of Russia’s presidency in the Group of Eight, the Russian foreign ministry reported.

“The two diplomats discussed a number of aspects of Russia’s presidency in the Group of Eight, issues of the activity of a number of regional integration association in Latin America, and other problems of mutual interest,” the ministry said.