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RUSSIAN DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS YURI FEDOTOV MEETS WITH HANS JOACHIM DERR, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR GLOBAL ISSUES, UNITED NATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN AID OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL FOREIGN OFFICE
Unofficial translation from Russian
PRESS RELEASE
On February 9 Yury Fedotov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, received Hans Joachim Derr, Director of the FRG Federal Foreign Office Department for Global Issues, United Nations, Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, heading the delegation at the Russian-German inter-MFA consultations on UN themes.
A keen exchange of views on key international issues took place. From similar positions, problems in the strengthening under UN auspices of the system of collective security and response to present-day challenges and threats were examined. Based on the close partnership in the international arena, the sides agreed to continue their practical cooperation on an extensive range of issues in the UN and primarily in the Security Council, of which Germany is a nonpermanent member.
February 9, 2004