Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Malaysian foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah discussed political contacts between the two countries in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the Russian foreign ministry reported.
"They discussed topical issues of the bilateral agenda, including political contacts, the work of the Joint Russian-Malaysian commission on economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation, countering the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection," the statement said. - "There was an interested exchange of views on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region."
The Russian foreign ministry added that the sides confirmed their mutual intention to intensify the dialogue through the foreign ministries of the two states.
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Based on materials from TASS