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Sep 17, 2020, 10 tweets

Russian Diplomacy, September 15:

Lavrov spoke with #Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, who insisted on Lavrov explaining the #Navalny case, which he obviously failed to do.

They also discussed the situations in #Libya, #Belarus, and bilateral cooperation.

#Germany's relations with #Russia seem to be melting down over the attempted assassination by the #GRU of #Navalny.

Lavrov spewed threats and garbage on the phone with Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas over the case.

Putin's MENA envoy Bogdanov met with #Qatar's Foreign Minister in Moscow for an in-depth discussion of #Syria, #Libya, #Iraq, #Lebanon, #Yemen, an Arab-Israeli settlement and the Persian Gulf.

Bogdanov also met with #Bahrain's ambassador to discuss the decision to normalise relations with #Israel.

Lavrov meanwhile spoke with #Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister about #Yemen

Bogdanov met with Libyan politician Nouri Abusahmain to discuss the current situation in #Libya.

He also conducted the high-level interdepartmental #Russia-#Egypt dialogue on Libya in Moscow:"an agreement was reached on further coordination of the approaches of Moscow and Cairo"

Bogdanov met with #Iraq's ambassador, while deputy Foreign Minister Rudenko met with #Iran's

Bogdanov met with #UK ambassador to discuss the Middle East, including #Yemen, #Syria, and #Libya

Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko met with #Montenegro's ambassador to discuss "regional problems in the #Balkans"

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov meets with #Argentina's outgoing ambassador to discuss bilateral relations and various international issues

*September 15-16

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