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Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Ukraine, Iran, Syria at OSCE Ministerial Council / Sputnik International Thursday December 4 th , 2014 at 8:53 PM 1 Share Politics (updated 21:24 04.12.2014) 375 0 1 WASHINGTON, December 4 (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the Ukrainian situation, plans for the Iranian talks, Syrian crisis and the anti-Islamic State (IS) campaign during the ongoing OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland, the US State Department said Thursday. "On Ukraine, they discussed ongoing efforts to negotiate a ceasefire on the touchline, and the Secretary urged a return to serious discussions about full implementation of Minsk," a press release issued by the State Department said. Kerry and Lavrov held bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Basel