🌍 On September 24, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Confederation of Sahel States (#AES) in New York on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly: 🇧🇫 Foreign Minister of #BurkinaFaso Karamoko Traore; 🇲🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of #Mali Abdoulaye Diop; 🇳🇪 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad of the Republic of #Niger Bakary Yaou Sangare. 👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks The Sides discussed a wide range of issues in priority areas of political, economic, financial, transport, logistics and information cooperation within the Russia-AES dialogue, with a view to preparing for and holding the events of the Third Russia-Africa Summit, scheduled for October 28–29 in Moscow. They held a frank exchange of views on the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international platforms. #RussiaAES