Nusa Dua: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is fine after two medical examinations in a hospital in Bali, an official from the Indonesian Ministry of Health said on Monday (November 14th), while the supreme envoy from Moscow was not hospitalized.
Russia said Lavrov’s hospitalization was ‘the highest level of falsification’ and a Moscow Foreign Ministry spokesman released video of the 72-year-old ambassador wearing a T-shirt and shorts .
An Indonesian official told AFP that Lavrov had been taken to hospital for two days in a row. 20 Member Summit in Indonesia On Sunday on the seaside island of Bali, he replaced President Vladimir Putin at the head of the Moscow delegation.
“He (Lavrov) is in good health, he came to the hospital yesterday after arriving in Bali, just to check his health,” said health ministry official Sunardo, who like many Indonesians, has a name.
“Earlier (Monday) he came to the hospital just for another checkup and he is healthy, thank God,” he told AFP.
A spokesperson for Sangla Denpasar Hospital, Bali, said the group arrived at the hospital under tight security but were not authorized to reveal the identity or condition of the person concerned.
Bali Governor Iwayan Koster told Reuters Lavrov had been taken to Sangla Hospital for a “checkup” and would be “back soon”.
Three Indonesian government and medical officials told The Associated Press that the Russian diplomat was undergoing treatment. All declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Lavrov is being treated for a heart condition, two people said.
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry referred all requests to the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, which did not respond to a request for comment.
The Russian Foreign Ministry denied the report, calling it “the height of falsification”.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed speculation about the health of Moscow’s top diplomat, showing her laughing alongside Lavrov in a video.
“We were with Sergei Viktorovich (Lavrov) in Indonesia, we read the news and we couldn’t believe our eyes,” Zakharova said.
“This is the highest level of counterfeiting.”
Lavrov, 72, said the report was part of “a kind of game” he blamed on Western media.
“They’ve been writing for about 10 years that our president is sick,” he said.
“It’s a type of game that’s nothing new in politics. Western journalists need to be more honest – they need to write the truth.”
Lavrov will represent Russia at a two-day summit of the world’s 20 largest economies starting Tuesday, with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine dominating the agenda.
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