A planned meeting between German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Russia’s chief diplomat Sergey Lavrov in New York has fallen through. “After they asked their questions regarding negotiations with Sergey 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 Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova yesterday on her Telegram channel.
The 46-year-old apparently also referred to an initiated conversation between Baerbock and Lavrov. In the run-up to the general debate in New York, there had been contacts between the local delegations. The dpa learned from diplomatic circles that it was regarding the possibility of a talk between Baerbock and her Russian counterpart on the security of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The meeting did not take place.
Lavrov is scheduled 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 Russia down. Without even listening to the opinion of another country, Lavrov left the room once more.
