Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archival photoMOSCOW, 24 Jul. American diplomats are asking their foreign colleagues not to take pictures with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram. countries from house to house and beg (don’t laugh out loud now) not to be photographed with Lavrov, so that these photos are not used by Russia as evidence of the lack of isolation,” Zakharova said. The diplomat noted that for these purposes Moscow does not use images, but “stupidity , aplomb and a complete lack of a sense of reality» of high-ranking representatives of the United States. On July 24, Lavrov will hold talks with the leadership of Egypt. As part of the African tour, he will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo.
