Russian foreign minister says almost nothing | Simon Hoggart's sketch

Sergey Lavrov proved the old adage that an envoy's job is to say almost nothingThe big event in the world of diplomacy yesterday was the arrival of the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov. Once again, he proved the old adage that an envoy's job is to say almost nothing on behalf of his country. Lavrov is, we're told, a chain smoker who can hardly go for 10 minutes without a fag. No wonder the press conference came to a sudden end. He must have been gasping for a gasper.It was not, apart from...

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