“He said that he tried very hard to come to events dedicated to the 90th birthday of Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov. Due to other obligations, he cannot do this, ”Lavrov said.

The Foreign Minister noted that Kissinger always respected diplomats who defended the national interests of their state.

“He will definitely come next year, we hope that this will happen,” the minister said.

In late September, Sergei Lavrov, as part of his participation in the UN General Assembly, visited Henry Kissinger and discussed with him the current state and prospects for the development of relations between Russia and the United States.