Following the summit’s cancellation, Lavrov was notably the only permanent member of the Security Council absent from its Tuesday meeting, during which Putin instructed officials to draft proposals for resuming nuclear tests.
“Lavrov is clearly tired and seems to think he has better things to do than meet or engage with the United States, whatever President Putin may want,” a person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.
The Financial Times claimed the meeting was shelved following what it described as “a tense call” between Lavrov and U.S.
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