[New post] Newsline: Ukraine, Baltic nations to boycott OSCE meeting over Russia’s top diplomat attending

diplomaticbriefing posted: " Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania said their foreign ministers would boycott a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia this week because Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov intends to take part" Diplomatic Briefing Newsline: Ukraine, Baltic nations to boycott OSCE meeting over Russia's top diplomat attending diplomaticbriefing Nov 29 Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania said their foreign ministers would boycott a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia this week because Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov intends to take part. It would be the first time Lavrov takes part in a meeting of the OSCE since Feb. 24, 2022. The meeting of the 57-member OSCE is due to take place on Thursday and Friday in North Macedonia's capital, Skopje. Russia's top diplomat has said he will join the meeting if Bulgaria, North Macedonia's eastern neighbour, opens its air space for him. Lavrov said some Western countries had requested meetings with him. (https://neuters.de/world/europe/ukraines-top-diplomat-boycott-osce-meeting-over-russias-lavrov-attending-kyiv-2023-11-28/) Bulgarian air space is closed to Russian aircraft as part of European Union sanctions. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://diplomaticbriefing.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/newsline-ukraine-baltic-nations-to-boycott-osce-meeting-over-russias-top-diplomat-attending/

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