MOSCOW, March 16. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to discuss ways to normalize the situation in Ukraine and the OSCE contribution to the process.

Lavrov and Steinmeier “discussed the situation in Ukraine, including in the context of the referendum on Crimea’s status” the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.