WORLD WORLDWIDE EU EUobserver RUSSIA SKOPJE EU belittles Russia's Lavrov on way to Skopje talks

 

NEWS

 

EU & THE WORLD

EU belittles Russia's Lavrov on way to Skopje talks

• 

  Russian foreign Sergei Lavrov (l) mocked EU top diplomat Josep Borrell (r) at a meeting in Moscow in 2021 (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

By ANDREW RETTMAN 

BRUSSELS, 28. NOV, 20:37

LISTEN TO ARTICLE

Europe's top diplomat won't meet Russia's foreign minister in Skopje, even though the Russian is getting special permits to bypass EU sanctions to reach there .

"I have a certain experience of discussions with Mr Lavrov in difficult circumstances," said EU foreign-relations chief Josep Borrell in Brussels on Tuesday (28 November), speaking of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.