This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Arab Republic.

It is noted that the purpose of the talks will be to discuss bilateral relations and coordinate on the most important regional issues of concern to Cairo and Moscow.

We are talking about issues on peace efforts in the Middle East and the situation in Libya and Syria, Yemen, as well as in Lebanon.

Earlier it was reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Samekh Shukri.