'Developments' in EU-Russia relations, Lavrov - update 2

(ANSA) - Brussels, May 19 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday his talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini Monday had shown "some developments, some things moving" in relations between the two sides. He said the talks on the Ukraine crisis and bilateral ties "ended in general in a positive way". Relations have recently been strained by Moscow's intervention in Ukraine and a series of western sanctions. The fall-out from the sanctions have prompted fears in some quarters that Russia will turn away from Europe towards China.