OREANDA-NEWS  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ata on the sidelines of a meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Earlier on Thursday, Lavrov attended a meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries and the group's partner countries, and also held talks with the Thai Foreign Minister. The ministers were also received by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"It is always a pleasure to meet with you and listen to Russian wisdom. Everything is going just fine in our bilateral relations," Abdel Ata said at the beginning of the talks.