MOSCOW. March 30 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend an informal meeting of the Russia-NATO Council's foreign ministers.
The meeting will take place in Brussels on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
A diplomatic source told Interfax that the event's agenda will include prospects for further cooperation between Russia and NATO in light of the new members being officially admitted to the alliance on March 29.
The source said that the Brussels meeting will be the first event to involve representatives from NATO's 26 member-nations, including its new members, instead of the previous 19.
Following the new members' entry into the alliance, the Russia-NATO Council's present format of 20 will likely be expanded. The Russia-NATO Council's next session, which is scheduled for later this spring, is expected to take place in an expanded format, the source said.