NEW YORK, September 21. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New York on Wednesday to take part in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

A TASS correspondent reported that the minister’s plane was flying via the northern route, bypassing unfriendly countries. The flight took 12 hours.

No emergencies were reported during the journey.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said Lavrov was scheduled to address the UN General Assembly and hold about 20 bilateral meetings in New York.