MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov informed in a telephone conversation Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty about the main results of the Russia-US summit in Alaska last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"In the context of the discussions of the Ukrainian crisis, Lavrov informed his Egyptian counterpart about the main results of the Russian-American summit in Alaska," the statement reads.
The Ministers also discussed the Middle East developments, with a focus on the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
"They stressed the need for an urgent cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and unhindered humanitarian access to the Palestinian enclave," the statement said.
Both sides also touched upon the situation regarding the Iranian nuclear program and the ongoing regional conflicts on the African continent.
