🌏 On September 24, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held his 13th meeting with high-level representatives of the Pacific Small Island Developing States in New York on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly. The Sides held a substantive exchange of views on current international and regional challenges and discussed prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation between Russia and the participating countries in areas of mutual interest, including climate issues, fisheries, shipping and education. They reaffirmed their commitment to stepping up cooperation across a wide range of areas.