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Russian, Iranian Foreign Ministers in China For Afghan Conference

by Eric Olander

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov landed in the eastern Chinese city of Tunxi in Anhui province on Tuesday to take part in a foreign ministers’ meeting for the seven countries that border Afghanistan.

This is the first time that Lavrov has traveled to China since Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

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