No meeting between Lavrov and Blinken planned in Indonesia, senior Russian diplomat says
Russian Politics & Diplomacy
July 07, 2022, 11:57
"Given the circumstances, existing contacts via embassies and sporadic telephone calls are quite enough for us to work in detail on current issues" with the United States, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed
MOSCOW, July 7. /TASS/. No meeting is planned between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of a G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Indonesia, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, said on Thursday.
"Nothing is being planned," the senior Russian diplomat said, when asked a question about the possibility of a meeting.
"Given the circumstances, existing contacts via embassies and sporadic telephone calls are quite enough for us to work in detail on current issues" with the United States, Ryabkov said.