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The head of the MFA Dmytro Kuleba will boycott the OSCE ministerial meeting. The reason was the participation of Sergey Lavrov

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Oleksandra Opanasenko
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Reuters / «Бабель»

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba will boycott the OSCE ministerial meeting in North Macedonia due to the fact that the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov will attend the summit.

This was reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleh Nikolenko.

Sergey Lavrov will attend the OSCE ministerial summit for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion. In order for Lavrov to be able to fly to the country, Bulgaria temporarily opened its airspace. This will only intensify the crisis into which Russia has driven the OSCE.

"We should work together to save the OSCE from Russia, and not send signals about the possibility of returning to forms of cooperation.... In view of this, the delegation of Ukraine will not participate in the OSCE ministerial meeting at the level of the minister of foreign affairs," said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nikolenko.

At the same time, Ukraine is ready to continue working with partners to restore respect for the Helsinki Final Act, Nikolenko noted. Ukraine also thanked North Macedonia for prioritizing the issue of countering Russian aggression during its chairmanship of the OSCE.