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Flurry Of Diplomacy Continues As UK FM Meets w/Lavrov In Moscow

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The flurry of meetings between politicians and diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, the US, and NATO members continues today, with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss visiting Moscow for a two-day trip. She will meet with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and, like all other Western visitors to Moscow in recent weeks, encourage de-escalation around the Ukrainian border.

  • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office states that Truss intents to 'remind Lavrov of Russia's international commitments' including its signatures on the OSCE Helsinki Final Act, Minsk protocols and the Budapest memorandum.
  • The visit is the first to Russia by a UK foreign minister in four years. The last took place in December 2017, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was serving as foreign secretary in then-Prime Minister Theresa May's Cabinet.
  • UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace will travel to Russia on Friday in a trip arranged before Truss'.

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