Russia's Foreign Ministry on November 14 has denied an AP report that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had been taken to a hospital, casting the report as the "height of fakery." AP, citing three Indonesian government and medical officials, said Lavrov was taken to a hospital soon after arriving in Indonesia's Bali island for the G20 summit. To read the original story from Reuters, click here. To read the Telegram post from Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, click here.
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