The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, canceled his visit scheduled for Tuesday February 29 to the UN in Geneva, because of “anti-Russian sanctions”, announced on Twitter the Russian Permanent Representation in Geneva.
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Foreign Minister Lavrov's visit to Geneva to participate in the Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament has been cancelled
," the tweet read, citing the European Union-imposed overflight ban.
Sergei Lavrov had also planned to give a long-awaited press conference.
The head of diplomacy of Vladimir Putin was to speak before the Human Rights Council, whose 49th session which has just started on Monday, is very largely placed under the sign of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia .
The Council agreed on Monday by a large majority to hold an urgent debate on Thursday at the request of Ukraine, which intends to take the opportunity to denounce human rights violations by Russia and is already calling for a mandated investigation. by the UN on possible violations.
Russia unsurprisingly voted against the debate, as did China.
