Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov here on Monday evening. The meeting was also attended by Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Charge of Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel, according to a presidential statement. The Russian foreign minister arrived here earlier on Monday for an official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Algerian counterpart Medelci. The visit is part of regular political dialogue between Algiers and Moscow, the statement said. Algeria and Russia had recently marked 50 years since they forged diplomatic relations.