Lavrov and Algeria's foreign minister will meet on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ataf will meet as part of the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. "We will hold a bilateral meeting of the heads of foreign policy departments now, these days, on the sidelines of the forum, where they will discuss, since, in general, practical interaction in all directions is always discussed," she said at the Russia-Africa media forum as part of the program of the third Russia-Africa summit.