BERLIN- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss Syria and Ukraine during a meeting in Berlin on Friday, a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Syria of course will be one of the topics, the endeavour to find a diplomatic solution, and Ukraine will be discussed," the spokeswoman told a news conference.

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