OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier also took part on the meeting held on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Foreign Ministry said.
The sides held "a substantive exchange of opinions on the role of the OSCE in the peaceful settlement in Ukraine, prospects for discussion on European security, including within the framework of the Helsinki +40 process, and the preparation of an OSCE Council of Ministers meeting in Basel on December 4-5," the ministry said.