Vice President Joe Biden met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Munich today, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. The Vice President emphasized the importance of the two countries working together in the interest of international peace and security, including in Syria. The Vice President noted that while the United States and Russia will continue to have serious differences – including, among other things, on human rights and Russia’s recent ban on U.S. adoptions – U.S. and Russian leadership is necessary to achieve practical solutions to the challenges facing the world today.