British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson heads to Moscow this week on the first official visit by a minister from London in five years.
Johnson will hold talks on Friday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign ministry said, eight months after a previous visit was cancelled over Moscow’s support for the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The visit could signal a potential shift in relations after years of antagonism.
Johnson’s decision to scrap his April trip followed a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 80 people and has been widely blamed …read more
Source: African news network 7
