Russian and Austrian foreign ministers discuss ways out of Ukraine crisis

World May 06, 2014, 12:54

Sergei Lavrov and Sebastian Kurz have also touched upon the Council of Europe’s role in assisting the process of normalization in the country

MOSCOW, May 06. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov and Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz have discussed ways out of current crisis in Ukraine on the sidelines of a session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Austria’s capital, Vienna, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Austrian Federal Minister of European and International Affairs Sebastian Kurz, who chairs the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, met on the sidelines of a 124th session of the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Vienna,” the Russian diplomatic agency said.

“The ministers focused on the current situation in Ukraine, discussed ways out from current crisis in the country, Council of Europe’s role in assisting the process of normalization in the country,” the country’s Foreign Ministry added.

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