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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: PAP/EPA/RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT

Lavrov says deployment of European peacekeeping troops to Ukraine is ‘unacceptable’

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, has described as "unacceptable" any plans to deploy European peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Poland’s deputy foreign minister Teofil Bartoszewski (L) and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (R). Photos: Marcin Obara/PAP; Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Polish deputy FM criticizes OSCE invite for Russia’s Lavrov

A Polish deputy foreign minister has said that inviting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to a meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Malta on December 5–6 was a mistake.