OREANDA-NEWS. June 26, 2009. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov on June 25 met Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini while attending the G8 foreign ministers’ meeting in Trieste, Italy.

Lavrov and Frattini discussed a number of issues on the agenda of Italy’s G8 presidency, particularly as regards preparing the L’Aquila Summit, July 8-10, 2009.

An exchange of views also took place on nuclear weapons nonproliferation and the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

During the conversation, the theme of preparations for an upcoming informal Russia-NATO Council ministerial meeting was touched on.