VALLETTA, Malta, Dec 5: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Malta for the annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in his first visit to a European Union nation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also were attending the meeting that put Ukraine at the top of the agenda.
Malta’s Foreign Minister Ian Borg told the session that Russia’s war “continues to pose a systematic threat to European security.”
The visit marked Lavrov’s first visit to a EU member nation since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has been relatively rare for Lavrov to attend forums involving senior Western officials, although he recently took part in the United Nations General Assembly and the G20 summit in Brazil. (Agenciese)
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