From left: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a ministerial meeting of the "quartet" on the Middle East in the framework of the 50th Munich conference on Security Policy.

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From left background: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a ministerial level meeting of the "quartet" on the Middle East, which includes Russia, the U.S., the UN and the EU, in the framework of the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the ministerial level of the "quartet" on the Middle East, which includes Russia, the U.S., the UN and the EU, in the framework of the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida during a meeting in the framework of the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) with Shivshankar Menon, the national security adviser to the Prime Minister of India, during a meeting in the framework of the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Serge Lavrov, background right, at the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at the 50th Munich conference on security policy.

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From left: Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi at their meeting during the 50th Munich Security Conference.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at their meeting during the 50th Munich Security Conference.

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