MOSCOW (AFP) – Top US diplomat John Kerry will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Rome on Sunday amid a toughening American response to a Kremlin-backed separatist insurgency in Ukraine.Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Saturday that an agreement has been reached on a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Sunday, cited by Interfax.The Russian foreign ministry also confirmed the meeting on its Twitter feed.Ryabkov said that the main focus at their 17th meeting this year would be on the Middle East.State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf …read more
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