Ryabkov: Russia, US top diplomats to focus on international security

SOCHI, May 11./TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will focus in detail on international security issues at their talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday.

"The Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is under way in New York at the moment," he said. "Even proceeding from publications over the past few weeks, you can see that quite a lot of points at issue and disagreement exist in that sphere," Ryabkov said.

He said discussion on the treaty on medium-and shorter-range missiles could not be ruled out at talks, noting that Russia and the US had major differences on the treaty.