SUDAK, 12 aug. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is in Crimea these days, said that his trip to the peninsula could not be an official visit, “this is our country.” During his speech at the Tavrida art cluster, Lavrov had to correct the presenter twice. First, when he noted that, according to his information, the minister was in Crimea for the first time.
In Crimea, the participants of the «Crimean Platform» were warned about the consequences «No, not at all for the first time,» objected the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then the presenter decided to clarify: «On an official visit?» «I am not on an official visit now. This is our country. We do not travel to our country on official visits,» Lavrov stressed. On Thursday he meets with the festival participants.
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