Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Deterioration of Bilateral Ties Under Obama

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed certain issues of bilateral relations that were negatively affected by the decisions of the Obama administration, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The talks were held on Friday on the sidelines of the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference.

"Certain issues of bilateral relations that have seriously suffered as a result of the confrontational actions of the administration of Barack Obama were touched upon," the ministry said in a statement.

Kerry and Lavrov also discussed the Syrian crisis, as well as the situations in Iraq, Yemen and Libya.

Kerry, who has served as US secretary of state since February 2013, will leave office at the end of US President Barack Obama’s term. Kerry and Lavrov are expected to meet again next week on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) conference in Hamburg, Germany.