<span style="color: #222222;">US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his maiden trip to Russia next week to meet his counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He is expected to discuss the bilateral relations between the two countries and a wide range of other issues including arms control, Iran, N Korea, Ukraine and Venezuela. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pompeo's visit comes days after US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week on various matters. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He will have meetings with Lavrov and President Putin on the 14th of this month.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />''  <br />