No Lavrov-de Mistura separate meeting planned at Munich Security Conference - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - No separate meeting has been planned between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Munich, a high-ranking Russian diplomat said.

"Staffan de Mistura has headed for Munich from Moscow. A separate meeting [with Lavrov] isn't planned there, but it's possible that some contacts 'on the sidelines' may be continued," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Interfax.

De Mistura was on a visit to Moscow on February 16.