Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would take part in a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia if Bulgaria opened its air space to the Russian delegation, and that some Western countries had asked to meet him. Since President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in 2022, the West has sought to isolate Moscow, and face-to-face meetings between senior ministers have been rare. Lavrov said North Macedonia had invited him to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the OSCE in Skopje from November 30 to December 1.
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