“Sergei Lavrov arrived in Macedonia to participate in the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Despite the intrigues of the enemies, we are in Skopje,” announced the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, on Telegram.
Bulgaria, which first authorized the Russian foreign minister – targeted by Western sanctions for the conflict in Ukraine – to fly over its airspace, then revoked this authorization due to the presence on his plane of Maria Zakharova, also sanctioned and banned from entering the EU, according to the same source.
“The wicked stupidity of the Russophobes resulted in the fact that the authorities for the first time in history banned not a plane from being in the sky, but a person from being on the plane,” commented Maria Zakharova. “It was written in the official note from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the plane can fly over Bulgaria, but Maria Zakharova cannot be on this plane,” she said, denouncing a “dangerous precedent “. Sergei Lavrov’s plane finally arrived in North Macedonia via Greek airspace, according to Russian news agencies.