#Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty stressed the need to step up political and diplomatic efforts aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, the Russian Foreign Ministry said following their phone talk. Lavrov also informed Abdelatty about the sharply deteriorating situation in the Black Sea region. “Sergey Lavrov informed his Egyptian colleague about recent developments in the context of the Ukrainian #crisis