
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers were due to attend an OSCE summit in Malta on Thursday, with Sergei Lavrov making his first visit to an EU state since his country's 2022 invasion of its neighbour.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also attending the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ta'Qali, near Valetta -- although he has no plans to meet Lavrov.