Ukrainian, Polish FMs out of room during Lavrov’s speech at OSCE meeting

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski walked out of the room during the speech by their Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting in Malta on Thursday, The Associated Press reported.

Lavrov was in Malta for the annual meeting of the OSCE in his first visit to a European Union nation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago.

Sybiha, Sikorski and other officials got up and left the room when Lavrov's speech began.

It has been relatively rare for Lavrov to attend forums involving senior Western officials, although he recently took part in the United Nations General Assembly and the G20 summit in Brazil.