On 28 September Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs of the European External Action Service, and Alexander Marshik, Political director of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, on the margins of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The parties discussed in detail the current state and prospects of Russia-European Union relations focusing on search for opportunities of cooperating in the fields of mutual interest.
The officials exchanged opinions on the situation in Syria, the Balkans and Ukraine.
