YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. Russian minister of foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson failed to have a meeting in Ethiopia, despite expectations that the meeting might take place, a source from the Russian delegation told TASS.

Lavrov arrived in Addis Ababa on March 8 where his US counterpart was visiting, and moreover the two FMs were even staying at the same hotel.

Earlier on March 5 the Russian foreign ministry said it had offered the US to organize a meeting between Lavrov and Tillerson in Ethiopia. But the next day the US Department of State said they didn’t receive any offer.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan