WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss his plans for the visit to the Russian capital, US State Department said in a press release.
"He [Kerry] will have dinner with German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, who will have just completed his own working day in Moscow, so a chance to hear how Foreign Minister Steinmeier’s day went and a pre-brief with him on what the Secretary intends to do," the release stated on Wednesday.
The State Department added that Washington works "incredibly closely" with Berlin on the issues it also discusses with Moscow.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kerry has landed in Moscow for a two-day visit, first this year and the third over the past 12 months.
On Thursday, the US state secretary will hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
