Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is off to Paris to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the G-8 on March 14-15. According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, “the meeting will consider the political agenda of the forum in preparation for the G-8 Summit in Deauville, France. The latter meeting is scheduled for May 26-27. The sides will exchange views on the situation in North Africa, the Middle East, on the antiterrorist front, and many other topics.