Also on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told China’s special envoy Li Hui that there were “serious obstacles” to peace talks, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/27/kyiv-readies-for-counteroffensive-as-commander-vows-to-take-back-whats-ours/

And next Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to visit South Africa at the start of a planned second African tour since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 - an act that Moscow evidently needs to justify across the continent.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202301220040.html

A U.S. official said Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke briefly to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines and told him Washington would back Ukraine as long as necessary and that Moscow must cease the war.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/02/ukraine-clings-to-bakhmut-blinken-tells-lavrov-u-s-will-back-kyiv-all-the-way/

Azerbaijan -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku, February 28, 2023.

Source: https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32292062.html

Putin and Xi will be represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Premier Li Qiang respectively at the Delhi meeting.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/pakistan-watches-closely-as-india-hosts-g20-summit-this-weekend/

Russia also blocked a request for a May 11 consular visit to Gershkovich in retaliation for the US prohibiting Russian journalists from joining Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on his visit to the United Nations in New York.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/russia-extends-detention-wsj-evan-gershkovich_uk_646db748e4b035573939dcee

Russia intends to continue bilateral cooperation with Oman in the OPEC+ format, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Source: https://english.almanar.com.lb/1868902

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in the country this week to meet senior government officials.

Source: http://www.times.co.sz/news/138650-eswatini%E2%80%99s-ally-taiwan-sanctions-russia.html

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be at the Johannesburg summit on Aug. 22-24 instead of Putin, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, South Africa’s presidency said in a statement.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1804561/south-africa-says-putin-to-stay-away-from-brics-summit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy chief Wang Yi enter a hall for their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/22/russia-china-show-off-ties-amid-maneuvering-over-ukraine/

There was no immediate reaction from Moscow, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier this month that the West was considering turning Moldova into “another Ukraine.”

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/east-europe/2963303/moldova-again-at-center-of-tug-between-moscow-and-the-west.html

The Ukraine war (which China calls a “crisis”) figured heavily in the readout of Qin’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/chinas-g20-diplomacy-highlights-geopolitical-rifts/