US Secretary of State John Kerry today said he will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov next week in Europe, amid sky-high tensions over the Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine.
"We agree to meet soon in Europe next week," Kerry told US lawmakers a day after Washington said it wants to see four-way talks between the United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union within the next 10 days to find a way to calm tensions in eastern Ukraine.