The government of North Macedonia allowed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to fly to Skopje to attend the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers. This was reported by TASSIt refers to the Macedonian cabinet.
As stated in the government, the Council of Ministers adopted an annex to the decision to introduce restrictive measures on the activities of Russia, limiting the access of Russian aircraft in accordance with the decision of the Council of the European Union on joint foreign and external trade. Security policy of the EU. According to this addition, “the competent ministries of foreign affairs and defense may separately decide on the granting of flight and landing permits to Russian aircraft during the 30th OSCE Ministerial Meeting to be held in Skopje between 29 November and 1 December 2023.”
“This addition is in line with EU regulations and the provisions of restrictive measures that provide exceptions to certain restrictions for international conferences, such as the OSCE summit in Skopje,” the government said in a statement. said.
In September, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that North Macedonian officials, without any explanation, announced Three diplomats from the Russian embassy in Skopje are persona non grata.
Most European countries, including North Macedonia, have banned flights from the Russian Federation after February 24, 2022.
Previously Lavrov accused The West is using Montenegro and North Macedonia against the Russian Federation.