The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovis in good health after passing two medical checkups in a hospital since arriving on the Indonesian island of Bali for the G20 summit, an Indonesian government official said on Monday.

Lavrov “is in good health, he came to the hospital yesterday (Sunday) after arriving in Bali just to check your healthSunart said, a person in charge of the Ministry of Health who, like many Indonesians, has no surname.

On Monday, “he just went back to the hospital for a checkup and thank God he’s fine,” the official told AFP.

This was explained by a spokesman for the hospital in the Balinese city of Denpasar a G20 delegation went to hospital, but said he was not authorized to reveal the patient’s identity.

“Lies”

Spokesman of Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharovsaid the information that Lavrov was hospitalized they were “lies of the highest order” and posted a video of the 72-year-old diplomat in a T-shirt and shorts.

“They have been writing for ten years that our president got sick. It’s a game that is not new in politics,” Lavrov says in the video.

“I’m at the hotel, reading material from tomorrow’s summit,” he adds.

The foreign minister leads the Russian delegation to the G20 summit in Bali in the absence of President Vladimir Putin, who has denounced scheduling problems in the conflict in Ukraine.

The Associated Press agency also reported that the Russian Foreign Minister was transferred to hospital after suffering a health problem upon arrival at the Group of 20 summit in Bali. And on Monday he also sued several Indonesian officials.

Russia’s top diplomat arrived on the resort island on Sunday ahead of the summit, which begins on Tuesday.

Lavrov is the top member of the Russian delegation to the G20 summit, which will be attended by the presidents of the United States, Joe Biden, and China, Xi Jinping, who held a historic meeting on Monday.

Four Indonesian government officials and doctors told the Associated Press that the Russian diplomat he had received medical treatment at Sanglah Hospital in the provincial capital, Denpasar.

All declined to give their names. because they were not allowed to comment publicly on the subject.

Hospital did not comment In the first moment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attendance at the summit was aired until last weekwhen authorities confirmed he would not attend and that Lavrov would represent Russia.

The consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine should have been one of the topics discussed at the two-day G20 summit, which brings together personalities from countries representing more than 80% of world economic output.

AFP and AP

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