Contacts between Russian and Egyptian foreign and defense ministers have opened the door to deeper military cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. "Following our contacts in the 2+2 format in Egypt, we have done a great deal to implement the achieved agreements. Our current meeting will allow us to sum up their results," Lavrov told a press conference following talks with Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also took part in the talks. Noting that Russia and Egypt shared a common approach to regional and global security problems, Shoigu said the two sides agreed to carry out joint military exercises. As a result of the talks, Moscow and Cairo agreed to push forward military-technical cooperation as well as trade and economic cooperation. The visiting Egyptian ministers will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin later in the day