Lavrov’s first trip to Europe after the Ukrainian war

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News quoted by Politico, according to Russian media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is going to visit Malta next month to participate in the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

This visit, which is scheduled to take place on December 5 and 6, is the first visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Europe since the beginning of the country’s special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. .

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, confirmed Lavrov’s visit to Malta next month. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov last traveled to Stockholm in December 2021 for the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.