Malaysia: Lavrov meets counterpart Kerry at ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his American counterpart John Kerry on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. Both ministers, who met for the second time in three days, discussed "a range of issues of mutual concern," a senior official from the US State Department said. It is expected that the ministers discussed the situation in Syria, Yemen and regional issues. On Monday, Kerry already held trilateral talks with Lavrov and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on the war in Syria. Kerry is in Malaysia for meetings with the Association of South East Asian Nations, political and economic organisation of ten Asian countries.