Lavrov flew to the OSCE meeting on a different route: Bulgaria refused to let Zakharova - rossmi pass
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Sergey Lavrov arrived in North Macedonia for an OSCE meeting via Greece after Bulgaria closed its airspace to his plane due to Russian press secretary Maria Zakharova on board. Several countries, including Ukraine and the three Baltic states, will not attend the meeting due to the permission of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to participate.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov arrives in the capital of North Macedonia for a ministerial meeting OSCE through Greece, not Bulgaria – allegedly because of Sofia's decision that the permit for the flight does not concern Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. About this according to rossmi, writes UNN.
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Lavrov has already arrived in Skopje, his plane it was flying over Turkey and Greece, although at first it was expected that the Russian Foreign Ministry plane would fly through Bulgaria.
As it became known, the Bulgarian side refused to fly the plane of the Russian Foreign Minister if the official press secretary of the Russian diplomatic department Maria Zakharova is on board,
The publication allegedly has at its disposal the corresponding note of official Sofia, where it is indicated that the permission to fly Russian the delegation " does not apply to the director of the information and press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, who appears on the sanctions list."
As you know, Lavrov also it is under EU sanctions.
Recall
As UNNwrote , several countries, including Ukraine and three Baltic states, will not accept participation in the OSCE meeting through permission for the participation of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Other countries also disagree, but have decided not to declare their position publicly.
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