Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is seen in New Delhi, India on Thursday./Anushree Fadnavis/Archyde.com
2023.03.05 Sun posted at 14:10 JST
(CNN) During a meeting in New Delhi, the capital of India, where Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov was visiting, he recently set up a false narrative regarding Russia’s aggression once morest Ukraine, causing laughter from the audience.
The foreign minister’s visit is to accompany foreign ministers’ meetings of 20 major countries and regions (G20). Speaking to a group of top diplomats at the G20 summit, Lavrov made his own claim that the invasion was in fact directed once morest Russia.
“As you know, we are trying to stop the war. This war was directed once morest us using the Ukrainian people,” he said. However, this remark was drowned out by the laughter that leaked out in the venue.
Russian Foreign Minister’s remarks, laughter from the audience