Lavrov to chair ministerial debates at UNSC on July 16-17

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will chair ministerial debates at the United Nations Security Council on July 16 and 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Report informs via TASS.

"Three major events are planned during Russia’s presidency (of the UN Security Council - TASS). Open ministerial-level debates on the topic of multilateral cooperation in the interests of forming a fairer, democratic and sustainable world order will be held on July 16 and open ministerial-level debates on the situation in the Middle East will be held on July 17. <…> These two events will be chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov," the Russian MFA said.

The third event - debates on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (CSO) - will take place on July 19.