Off we go! 🇺🇳 #UNGA81 is in full swing! #Day1 📹 #VideoRecap On September 24, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New York to take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly. As always, dozens of meetings and events are taking place on the sidelines. As always, it’s been a packed schedule from the start. Over the past day, Sergey Lavrov held 13 bilateral meetings with: 🇺🇸 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio 🇨🇺 Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez 🇸🇾 Foreign Minister of Syria Asaad al-Shaibani 🇪🇬 Foreign Minister of Egypt Badr Abdelatty 🇺🇳 President of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly Khalilur Rahman 🤝 OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu 🇱🇧 Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam 🇹🇹 Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago Sean Sobers 🇩🇿 Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs of Algeria Ahmed Attaf 🤝 Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil Fahmy 🇧🇷 Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira 🇦🇪 Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan 🇨🇭 Head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis *** 🌐 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired the traditional meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (#CSTO) member states. 👉 The key event of the day was Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. The Minister has yet again reminded those present of the facts regarding the crisis, the root causes of the conflict, #KievRegimeCrimes against civilians and its own population, Russia’s principled position on a long-term settlement. Sergey Lavrov also took part in the unveiling of a memorial plaque honouring our country’s late Permanent Representatives to the UN – Vitaly Churkin and Andrey Vyshinsky. *** 👉 Follow the activities of the Russian delegation, led by Minister Sergey Lavrov at the High-Level Week of the #UNGA81 in real time!