“The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the current head of the OSCE and the head of the Foreign Ministry of Switzerland, Ignatius Cassis, during his visit to Moscow, presented Sergey Lavrov with a music box that reproduces a composition by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova wrote about this in her social networks, “European Truth” reports
Details: According to Zakharova, in this way the visitors wanted to remind that on January 15, 1890, the premiere of the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” took place on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.
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She also quoted the words of Cassis, who said while handing over the gift: “To remember that Russia is part of Europe.”
In response, Lavrov presented the head of the OSCE with a casket with an image of the Kremlin.
“Western representatives were so scared of the Kremlin, even a painted one, that they only held the gift for a short time and were afraid to take it with them. They had to send it after him,” wrote Zakharova.
Cassis visited Moscow on February 5, before that he came to Kyiv. OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu accompanied him on his trips.
The OSCE, after Kassis and Sinirlioglu’s visit to Ukraine, announced that they had presented Kyiv with “tools” for maintaining peace after the cessation of hostilities.
Later, Cassis said that he had presented three groups of ideas in the two capitals on behalf of the organization and was now awaiting a response.