Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to visit Moscow in coming weeks, the UK Foreign Office has announced, BBC reports.
His meetings will focus on the relationship between the UK and Russia, as well as issues involving Syria and Ukraine "where we continue to have significant differences", it said.
The Foreign Office said the UK "will engage with Russia where it is in our national interest to do so". The timings and details of the visit will be released "in due course".
A spokeswoman said: "The foreign secretary has accepted an invitation from Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Moscow in the coming weeks.
