The OSCE is not the only international body where the West and Russia meet. Lavrov still attends Group of 20 events around the world and the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's annual foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday has split member states, with Baltic nations and Ukraine refusing to attend over the presence of Russia's Sergei Lavrov and urging others to as well.

Top diplomats from more than 50 countries are arriving in North Macedonia while others are boycotting the expected presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Ukraine said on Tuesday its foreign minister would boycott a meeting of the OSCE in North Macedonia this week because Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov intends to take part for the first time during the 21-month full-scale invasion.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will not participate in the OSCE meeting, as the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, is expected to attend,

Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had received a lot of requests for one-on-one meetings with Sergei Lavrov, Moscow's top diplomat, on the sidelines of an OSCE meeting in North Macedonia.

Several foreign ministries have confirmed their boycott of the upcoming OSCE meeting, citing objection to the attendance of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on the sidelines of the Ukraine-NATO Council in Brussels,