Borrel explained Lavrov's presence at the OSCE summit
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EU High Representative Josep barrel said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was allowed to directly hear EU criticism of Russia's actions at the OSCE summit.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov participates in the summit OSCE, so that he personally hears criticism from European delegations. About this EU High Representative Josep Borrel said during a press conference in Skopje, reports UNN.
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The head of European diplomacy stressed that he understands dissatisfaction of some European countries with the decision of North Macedonia to allow Lavrov to take part in the ministerial meeting.
However, this decision of European officials is dictated by the goal is to preserve multilateralism.
Borrel believes that Russian Minister Lavrov "should to hear" criticism from other participants, in particular about why Russia ended up in the isolation after a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And then he can go back to the Kremlin and report to the Kremlin's master, the European Union and the OSCE remain united in condemnation of Russia's aggressive and illegal behavior. At least from this point of view this will be useful
The OBSU meeting will be held from November 30 to December 1 in Skopje, North Macedonia.
The boycott was announced by the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, followed by the foreign ministers of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Poland.
