Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Will Be Coming To Malta Next Month
Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be coming to Malta next month to attend a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Russian state media reported.
Russia’s top diplomat will be attending the meeting of OSCE’s Council of Foreign Ministers scheduled for 5th and 6th December and this will be the first time Lavrov has traveled to an EU member state since the war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022.
The last time he visited an EU country was in December 2021 in Stockholm for a an OSCE gathering, according to Russian media.
The EU imposed sanctions on Lavrov due to his role in the war but it did not ban him from traveling to the region in order to leave an open channel of communication.
Lavrov and Maltese Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair Ian Borg held a brief meeting on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
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