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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives for the afternoon session of the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Lavrov is chairing the meeting about protecting the United Nations charter, a move that has been slammed by allies of Ukraine. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes Hissein Brahim Taha, head of the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Moscow. During Taha's three-day 'working visit', the pair will touch upon 'the escalating international situation' and its effects on developing countries, according to a preliminary statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. IMAGES
"Earlier today, I sent a letter to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposing that we meet next week in Europe following on our talks in recent weeks to discuss the steps that we can take to resolve this crisis without conflict," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says while speaking at a UN Security Council meeting. SOUNDBITE
US ambassador John Sullivan leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, after meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, and handing Washington's response to Moscow's security demands, according to Grushko. "The head of the American diplomatic mission handed over a written response of the US administration to the draft bilateral treaty on security guarantees," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement following Sullivan's meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. IMAGES
The UN Security Council observes a minute of silence to mourn victims of an attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 137 people dead. IMAGES