Lavrov meets Vatican envoy in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks on August 25 with Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher.

Consensus

Sergey Lavrov met with Paul Richard Gallagher in Moscow on August 25.
Gallagher's visit to Russia was scheduled from August 24 to August 28.
The meeting between Lavrov and Gallagher focused on bilateral relations between Russia and the Vatican.
The discussion included cooperation on multilateral platforms.
Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed the meeting and the visit dates.
Gallagher also met with Metropolitan Antoniy of the Moscow Patriarchate on August 25.
Gallagher was scheduled to lead a mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow on August 27.

The Kremlin did not doubt that the Ukrainian conflict would be discussed during the meeting between Lavrov and Gallagher, but recommended referring to Maria Zakharova for details. — interfax
Sergey Lavrov was scheduled to meet with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow on August 23–24, as confirmed by Maria Zakharova. — vesti
The visit of Paul Richard Gallagher to Russia was described as a working visit with the main goal of discussing current issues in bilateral relations. — kommersant
The Kremlin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that President Vladimir Putin did not plan to meet with Paul Richard Gallagher during his visit. — vm
On August 17, Sergey Lavrov held talks with Ghana's Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey in Moscow, discussing bilateral relations, cooperation in energy, agriculture, and mineral resources, and African and global issues. — tg_MID_Russia