MOSCOW, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with visiting U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry here on Monday.
"I consider your visit to be an important and positive sign for the development of bilateral relations, for a reduction in tensions, and for the establishment of professional substantive work in those areas where we can find common denominators," Lavrov said ahead of their talks.
"Russia attaches great importance to problems associated with global climate change and will continue to cooperate on climate issues on international platforms, primarily with parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," he added.
"We believe there is space for us to cooperate on this (climate change) and perhaps to be able to open up some better opportunities on other issues as we do cooperate on this," Kerry said.
He said the United States is pleased that Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the Leaders Summit on Climate via video link in April and Russia is ready to take steps to tackle climate issues.
Kerry is paying a visit to Russia from Monday to Thursday, when he is scheduled to hold talks with Russian officials on climate change. Enditem