Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with his Slovak counterpart, who arrived in Moscow to participate in a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation. "Various practical issues of Russia-Slovakia relations, prospects for the development of political dialogue and cooperation in the commercial and economic, cultural and humanitarian, as well as military and commemorative spheres were addressed in a constructive manner," said a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. Also, the diplomatic department reported that the exchange of views on the situation in Ukraine and the crisis in relations between Russia and the European Union continued.