Sergey Lavrov arrived in the US to participate in the G20 ministerial meeting

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the US city of Atlanta, where the G20 foreign ministers' meeting is being held on October 30-31. According to Russian media, the meeting is two days long. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova confirmed the information about the visit one day earlier. 1TV+3

Despite the fact that US sanctions and an entry ban are in effect against Lavrov due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the State Department granted him temporary permission for the visit to Atlanta. According to the Russian state agency TASS, Lavrov's plane bypassed "unfriendly countries," and the flight from Moscow to Atlanta took 20 hours and 10 minutes. Formula+1

The meeting taking place in Atlanta is a preparatory stage for the G20 leaders' summit, which will be held in Miami on December 14-15. According to imedinews, negotiations between Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are planned. Formula+2

As for the Miami summit, the United States has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to it. According to imedinews, Putin has already been invited, while according to information from formula, he has not yet decided whether he will accept the invitation. Since the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has attended G20 summits in an online format, while Lavrov has led the Russian delegation at offline events. Formula+2