Lavrov visits New York as Russia takes on chairmanship of UN Security Council

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov flew to New York for a visit as his country has taken on the chairmanship of the UN Security Council. 

 

Russia will lead the Council only because of the procedure, according to the international media, as the chairmanship is based on rotation among its members.

 

Back in early April, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba slammed the international community for the procedure amid Russia’s ongoing aggression against his country and said it was the “worst April Fool’s joke “.

 

As for the visit, the Kremlin said  Lavrov had been scheduled to also meet  the UN Secretary General António Guterres.