Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin met U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon in Geneva. The officials exchanged views on the Nagorno-Karabakh and Transdniestra conflicts, as well as on the situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, the RF Foreign Ministry reports.

The sides had an in-depth discussion on the current situation in Transcaucasia, prospects of Geneva discussions and issues related to non-use of force. The Russian side stressed the pressing need for finding an acceptable way of legalizing the commitment not to use of force, particularly through relevant unilateral declarations by Abkhazia, Georgia and South Ossetia.