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Russia’s overseas ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that Lavrov supposed to make the journey to Vedomosti, whereas Malta’s Embassy in Russia mentioned invites to the Dec. 5-6 assembly “shall be despatched to all OSCE delegations sooner or later.”
The final time Lavrov visited an EU nation was a visit to Stockholm for an OSCE gathering in December 2021, in response to the Russian overseas ministry.
In 2023, Lavrov traveled to North Macedonia for an OSCE ministerial, after Bulgaria gave permission for his aircraft to cross its airspace en path to Skopje. The transfer sparked criticism from Kyiv, with a number of international locations together with Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania selecting to boycott the assembly over Lavrov’s participation.
