KONTAN.CO.ID - NUSA DUA, Indonesia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed an Associated Press report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, scolding Western journalists for what he cast as false reporting. Associated Press, citing Indonesian officials, said that Lavrov had been taken to hospital after arriving on the island of Bali for a Group of 20 summit. AP said Lavrov, 72, had been treated for a heart condition. "This, of course, is the height of fakery," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Russia's Lavrov Dismisses AP Report that He was Taken to Hospital at G20
KONTAN.CO.ID - NUSA DUA, Indonesia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed an Associated Press report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, scolding Western journalists for what he cast as false reporting. Associated Press, citing Indonesian officials, said that Lavrov had been taken to hospital after arriving on the island of Bali for a Group of 20 summit. AP said Lavrov, 72, had been treated for a heart condition. "This, of course, is the height of fakery," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.