Lavrov received the OSCE Secretary General

The OSCE is ready to support any efforts that the parties to the conflict in Ukraine agree to in order to put an end to it, the organization's Secretary General said after talks with Lavrov.

Lavrov said that Moscow appreciates the decision of the new OSCE Secretary General to visit Moscow, and it is important to continue the dialogue.

He stressed that in recent years, OSCE leaders have come up with various excuses not to come to Moscow.