OREANDA-NEWS. July 23, 2009. A meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN events held in Phuket, Thailand.

A number of practical matters relating to the implementation of the accords reached by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama at their talks in Moscow were discussed. The ministers also exchanged views on certain aspects of regional integrative processes in the Asia-Pacific Region and on some topical international problems of mutual concern.