MUNICH (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to hold a meeting with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), a source in the Russian delegation said Friday.
"The minister is scheduled to meet with his Saudi counterpart," the source told reporters.
The MSC is an international, nongovernmental, independent forum for discussing major security issues. Founded in 1962 to facilitate consultations between NATO member countries, it now involves representatives from Central and Eastern Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East, as well as former Soviet states.
According to MSC chairman and German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, over 30 world leaders and twice as many ministers are expected to attend the event.
