Cassis meets Lavrov ahead of UN Security Council meeting
Published: Tuesday, Jan 23rd 2024, 19:01
Updated At: Tuesday, Jan 23rd 2024, 19:01
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Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York. The meeting ahead of a UN Security Council meeting is the first since September 2022.
Everything is going well so far, Lavrov explained on Tuesday in response to a question from his Swiss counterpart, as can be seen from pictures posted on social media by the spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry. Cassis wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he had exchanged views with Lavrov on several important topics. He did not give any details.
Last week, Moscow rejected plans for a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, which President Viola Amherd and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky had suggested.
Switzerland is talking to everyone, said Amherd after the Russian rejection. In an interview with the US television station CBS on Monday, Lavrov explained that Moscow would listen to anyone who would not instrumentalize Ukraine for a war against Russia. He added that his country was prepared to negotiate in principle - but not with the aim of keeping the current government in Kiev in power.
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