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The highest project growth for 2014 are in Asia (6.7 per cent) and Sub-Saharan Africa (6.1 per cent).
The list is topped by Russia while India and China are ranked 4th and 5th respectively.
A former Indian diplomat says Delhi needs to back stability in Dhaka without choosing sides.
The peace talks will begin on Wednesday in the Swiss city of Montreux.
Lavrov was addressing an annual press conference in Moscow on Tuesday.
The two nations are stepping up a joint anti-terror campaign ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
China, the Philippines, Vietnam and other nations lay contesting claims to these waters.
Reversing statements made a day earlier, Ban Ki-Moon says he is disappointed in Iran's failure to meet its commitments for Geneva II.
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, will address the meet on Friday.
"I believe strongly that Iran needs to be part of the solution to the Syrian crisis," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
