Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov invited US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to attend the ministerial-level meetings of the UN Security Council on 24-25 April. It has been reported TASS With reference to Alexander Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
“I do not know whether it will happen (conversation between Lavrov and Blinken. – socialbites.ca). I know that the minister invited the heads of the foreign department, the State Department and others to attend the meetings that he would chair,” Pankin explained.
He also added that he does not know whether to “contact” Lavrov if Blinken decides to attend the meetings.
Previously at the US State Department warnedRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov awaits a cold welcome at the UN Security Council in New York.
Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, announced that the Russian side will personally observe how this warning will be expressed at the event.