There were opportunities to speed up implementation of the Minsk Agreement on Ukraine, Lavrov said.

The Minsk agreement, which envisages a comprehensive ceasefire and a withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line, is aimed at a peaceful ending of the confrontation in Ukraine, which has killed more than 10,000 people and left almost 24,000 others injured.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Trump and Putin have agreed on a ceasefire deal covering part of Syria.

The ceasefire is to take effect on July 9 at noon Damascus time, according to German media. No other details were disclosed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she welcomed the first ever personal meeting between Putin and Trump at the G20 summit.

"I very much welcome the fact that Presidents Trump and Putin met on the sidelines of the summit," Merkel said.

The two-day summit is attended by heads of state and government of the 20 major industrialized and emerging countries, as well as many international organizations.

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