MOSCOW, April 08. /ITAR-TASS/. Southern Africa’s Republic of Angola has expressed “solidarity with Russia on many issues, including Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti said after talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday.

“We highly appreciate the stance that Russia has taken,” Chikoti said. “We hope it will be possible to reach an acceptable and mutually agreeable solution to the Ukrainian crisis."