MOSCOW. Dec 3 (Interfax) - The recent incident in the Kerch Strait could have been used as a pretext for getting the meeting between the Russian and U.S. leader at the G20 summit in Argentina cancelled, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"I don't support the conspiracy theory and all kinds of conspiracy speculation. But there have recently been too many coincidences, when some provocation happens before important events, which is immediately used to fuel the sanctions rhetoric," Lavrov said in an interview on the program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin on Rossiya 1 (VGTRK) television. The minister's responses are available for viewing on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
Lavrov said that while responding to a question as to whether "the provocation in the Kerch Strait was synchronized with the decision of the U.S. side to cancel the planned meeting between the leaders of Russia and the United States."