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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New York on July 16 to chair meetings of the U.N. Security Council as part of Moscow’s presidency over the body. Russia, which holds a permanent seat on the 15-member council, assumed the one-month rotating presidency on July 1 for the first time since April 2023. Russia’s envoy to the U.N., Vasily Nebenzya, said at the start of the month that Lavrov would arrive in New York once “visa issues are resolved.” Later on July 16, Russia’s top diplomat is scheduled to open a Security Council session dubbed a “Meeting on Just World Order,” which Lavro…

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