HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi met yesterday with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the 8th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the GCC and the Russian Federation, held in Sochi, Russia. The meeting discussed co-operation relations between the two countries, the developments in the region, in addition to a number of topics of common interest.