MOSCOW, May 28 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday he was interested in encouraging more investments in the Argentine energy sector. Lavrov met in Moscow with Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman to discuss prospects for future energy cooperation as well as Argentina's bid to join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the five-member economic association dubbed BRICS.
Lavrov said the outlook for Russian investments in the Argentinean energy sector was strong.