Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the final stop on his tour of Latin America, a TASS correspondent reported. While in Brazil, Lavrov will take part in a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20. Earlier, the top Russian diplomat visited Cuba and Venezuela. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Lavrov was expected to hold numerous bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event. According to Zakharova, in his address to the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Lavrov will clarify Russia’s assessment of global challenges…

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