MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will discuss the initiative on setting up de-escalation zones in Syria at their upcoming meeting in Alaska, and the two countries will intensify contacts on this and other urgent issues, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said.
"Certainly, all of these issues will be discussed both by phone and during a personal meeting," Bogdanov told reporters on Friday after he was asked whether Lavrov and Tillerson would address the de-escalation zones in Syria at their upcoming meeting.
"I think our American partners and we will intensify our contacts because not only Syria but also other problematic situations in the Middle East and Africa require greater solidarity," he said.