OREANDA-NEWS. October 06, 2010. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Murray McCully, on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe summit in Brussels on October 5.

During their conversation they discussed the state of and prospects for Russian-New Zealand relations and the two countries’ collaboration on the international scene. The heads of the foreign affairs agencies stressed the mutual disposition of Russia and New Zealand to deepen their mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields and to coordinate their work within multilateral associations in the Asia-Pacific region.