MADRID - Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet the European Union's High Representative of Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

Ashton will travel to Madrid after a meeting of the European Union Council of Foreign Ministers on Ukraine.

After meeting Ashton, Lavroy will have talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at his official residence in the Palacio de la Moncloa before meeting King Juan Carlos at the Palacio de la Zarzuela.

Lavrov will also meet his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo on Wednesday.