Rupel Meets Lavrov and Powell at the OSCE Meeting

Sofia, 7 December - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel held separate talks Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary Colin Powell, gathered at the ministerial meeting of the OSCE in Sofia. Lavrov told Rupel that Russia had a positive impression of Slovenia's presidency over the OSCE next year, while Powell suggested that the organisation's chairmanship would be hard work.