Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Samarkand.

Acting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov met Lavrov at the Samarkand airport.

Sergei Lavrov arrived to participate in the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan, the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS and the 6th Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Central Asia.