Lavrov meets German foreign minister after 4.5 years
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his German counterpart Johann Wadefur in New York during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, marking their first in-person meeting since January 2022. The 20-minute meeting was initiated by Germany and took place amid heightened tensions following an alleged drone attack in Leipzig.
Consensus
- Sergey Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- The meeting took place in New York.
- It was the first in-person meeting between the two foreign ministers since January 2022.
- The meeting lasted slightly over 20 minutes.
- The meeting was initiated by the German side.
- The meeting occurred amid deteriorating relations between Russia and Germany following an incident involving a drone with explosives near an airport in Leipzig.
- Germany had previously closed the Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin, prompting Russia to close the German consulate in St. Petersburg and the Goethe Institute.
Points of divergence
- Germany directly accused Russia of orchestrating the drone attack at Leipzig airport, while Russia denies involvement. — novaya_eu
- Johann Wadeful expressed willingness to engage with Moscow and welcomed an invitation from President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit. — kommersant
- Lavrov held dozens of negotiations with leaders of countries labeled by the West as 'wild jungles' due to their low democracy levels. — ramio
- Lavrov had previously held 14 bilateral meetings with foreign ministers and officials from various countries before the German meeting. — fontanka
- On 15 September, debris of an unknown drone was found near Wunstorf, a military airbase of the German Bundeswehr. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (20 sources)
- Lavrov held first meeting in 4.5 years with German Foreign Minister at UN General Assembly — РИАМО
- Lavrov concluded bilateral meetings at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — Ведомости
- Lavrov met with the head of Germany's foreign ministry for the first time since the war in Ukraine began — Новая газета Европа
- Lavrov met with the head of Germany's foreign ministry for the first time in four years — Коммерсантъ
- «Western democracy of a beautiful garden»: Lavrov held a meeting with the head of Germany's foreign ministry for the first time in 4.5 years — Фонтанка
- Lavrov met with the head of Germany's foreign ministry for the first time since January 2022 — ASTRA
- Lavrov met with head of Germany's foreign ministry for the first time since war in Ukraine began — ЭХО / Новости
- Sergey Lavrov met for the first time in 4.5 years with the head of Germany's foreign ministry — Вести
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadefule «n… — МИД России
- Lavrov met German Foreign Minister for the first time in 4.5 years at UN General Assembly sidelines — Вечерняя Москва
- Lavrov met German Foreign Minister for the first time since the war began — Дождь (Telegram)
- Lavrov meets with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful at the UN headquarters. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Lavrov held 14 bilateral meetings on the third day of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly — Вести
- Lavrov and deputy head of ruling council of Yemen discussed UN resolution of crisis — Вести
- Lavrov concluded Friday's series of off-the-record meetings at the UN General Assembly — Интерфакс
- Lavrov meets Kazakhstani colleague 'on the sidelines' of UN General Assembly — Интерфакс
- Lavrov meets UN Secretary-General Guterres at UN General Assembly sidelines, TASS correspondent reports. Video... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Lavrov in New York meets with UN Secretary-General — Вести
- Lavrov meets UN Secretary-General Guterres at UN General Assembly sidelines, TASS correspondent reports. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Lavrov and UN Secretary-General hold meeting in closed format — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Sergey Lavrov
- MID
- UN
- Russia
- Germany
- TASS
- General Assembly
- Johanna Vadevula
- Moscow
- FRG
- New York
- General Assembly
- Cuba
- GA
- Maria Zakharov
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