Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced today, Wednesday, that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa on a working visit.
Zakharova said - in statements reported by the Russian news agency "TASS" - that Lavrov will attend, during his visit to Cape Town, the meeting of foreign ministers of the BRICS countries "Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa" on June 1 and 2.
She indicated that special attention will be given during the talks in Cape Town to the preparations for the 15th BRICS summit, scheduled to be held on August 23-24, adding that the agenda of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Conference will include holding a separate meeting with the participation of foreign ministers of a number of developing countries.