Lavrov to Participate in ISSG Meeting in New York on Tuesday - Source

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in a ministerial meeting of the International Syria Support Group on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 71st session of UN General Assembly in New York, a source in the Russian delegation said.

NEW YORK (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, Lavrov is also expected to take part "at a BRICS ministerial meeting and to hold bilateral talks with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Iraq, Cuba, Costa Rica, president of Cyprus, Secretary General of the Arab League and the chairman of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly," according to the source.

The ISSG, co-chaired by Moscow and Washington, was formed in November 2015, shortly after the beginning of the Syria peace talks, as a panel of countries seeking to end bloodshed in Syria.

The United Nations General Assembly opened its 71st session on September 13, with an emphasis on ensuring the implementation of the new global development goals, adopted by its 193 member states last year.