Egypt's Shoukry holds talks with Lavrov in Russia, a day after meeting Blinken
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry delivered a message from the United States to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Russia's war in Ukraine, according to an Egyptian media report.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Tuesday, hours after holding lengthy talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo.
The two top diplomats discussed Russia's war in Ukraine, bilateral relations, and Shoukry reportedly delivered a message from Washington to the Kremlin.
Lavrov began the meeting by praising Egypt’s foreign policy, describing it as balanced.
“Let me emphasize that we have always appreciated Egypt's traditionally responsible and balanced position on various regional and international problems,” said Lavrov at the start of his meeting with Shoukry, according to a release from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
