A planned meeting between German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Russia’s chief diplomat Sergey Lavrov in New York failed. “After they asked their questions about the negotiations with Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and received a date proposal from the Russian side, the EU delegations disappeared from the radar”, criticized the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russia, Maria Zakharova, in her Telegram. channel today.
The 46-year-old apparently also referred to a conversation started between Baerbock and Lavrov. In the period leading up to the general debate in New York, there were contacts between the local delegations. The dpa learned from diplomatic circles that it was about the possibility of a conversation between Baerbock and his Russian counterpart about the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The meeting did not take place.
Lavrov is due to address the UN General Assembly on Saturday. Lavrov had already spoken before the UN Security Council on Thursday, accusing the West of interfering in the conflict and wanting to wear down Russia. Without even hearing the opinion of another country, Lavrov left the room again.