Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is leading the Russian delegation at the G-20 top.
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Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday rejected a report that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was required to healthcare facility after he got here in Bali on Sunday for the G-20 conference.
AP, pointing out 4 Indonesian federal government and medical authorities, reported that 72- year-old Lavrov had actually been required to the healthcare facility after landing in Bali, where he is set to participate in the top that starts on Tuesday, and had actually been dealt with for a heart disease, without any additional information offered.
Bali Governor I Wayan Koster informed Reuters that Lavrov had actually checked out healthcare facility, for what he stated was a check-up, which the minister remained in health.
However, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova derided the report Monday, stating she was “here with Sergey Viktorovich [Lavrov] in Indonesia … and we do not think our eyes: it ends up that he was hospitalized,” she stated, calling the report the “height of fake news.”
She then published a video of Lavrov dismissing reports he had actually fallen ill, stating Russia was utilized to comparable reports hypothesizing on the state of President Vladimir Putin’s health.
“Well, it’s been written about our president for 10 years now that he fell ill. This is such a game that is not new in politics,” Lavrov stated.
Russia’s foreign ministry did not straight attend to whether Lavrov had actually had a check-up or was rather dismissing making use of the word hospitalization.
Images revealed him getting to the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Sunday and being welcomed by authorities.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov leaves of the airplane upon arrival at Terminal VVIP I at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia on November 13, 2022.
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Lavrov is leading the Russian delegation at the G-20 top where he is anticipated to press Russia’s case for the unrestricted export of its grains and fertilizers, and increasing gas products to Turkey.
Lavrov is because of participate in the top in Bali in location of President Vladimir Putin, who had actually stated formerly he would not participate in the conference. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to participate in practically.
