Russia will not participate in US-convened ministerial meeting on COVID-19

According to Maria Zakharova, the invitation for Minister Sergei Lavrov came at the end of October, but at that time the Foreign Minister's schedule had already been scheduled.The meeting is held online November 10 Maria Zakharova

RUSSIA will not be able to take part in the US -sponsored meeting of foreign ministers on the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, as Washington sent an invitation too late, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

The meeting takes place on November 10 in a virtual format. “We received information about the upcoming event only at the very end of October. By that time, the working schedule of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov had been formed and did not allow him to take part in the mentioned meeting. Since the American side said that it was not ready to include persons other than foreign ministers in the number of participants, it was not possible to send another representative of the Russian side, ”Zakharova specified.

At the same time, she noted that Russia is actively preparing for the special session of the World HEALTH Assembly in Geneva, which will be held from November 29 to December 1. “We proceed from the fact that it is on this main international platform for global health issues that the issues of combating the current pandemic and future challenges to humanity in the field of health emergencies should be resolved,” the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized.

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