Russia’s foreign minister to visit Latin American countries

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit several Latin American countries for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

Lavrov will pay an official visit to Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba from April 17-21, according to the ministry.

His meetings with the countries’ leaders and talks with their foreign ministers aim to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and the countries in political, commercial, economic, educational, cultural and other fields, it said.