OREANDA-NEWS. September 26, 2008. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, on September 25, in New York, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, Jaime Bermudez, on the sidelines of the 63rd UN General Assembly session.

In their meeting, the ministers examined a number of topical issues in bilateral relations, including those of a trade and economic nature.

The mutual readiness to expand the practical cooperation of Russia and Colombia in different fields was reaffirmed and the similarity of the two countries’ approaches to most of the key problems of the international agenda was stated.