After the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry was supposed to fly to the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, where a meeting with the president of the country was planned, but he was denied refueling of the plane.
Brazilian company Vibra Energia refused to refuel Lavrov’s Il-96 government plane, which flew to the G20 ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro and was then scheduled to fly to the Brazilian capital Brasilia. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry had to fly with the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. AeroTelegraph reported this on Thursday, February 22.
It was noted that the Brazilian company Vibra Energia refused to fuel Lavrov’s plane due to the risk of falling under the second US sanctions.
As a result, Lavrov’s flight from Rio de Janeiro, where the G20 ministerial summit is taking place, to the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, where the Russian minister is planning a meeting with the country’s President Lula da Silva, is in danger.
Without additional fueling, the Russian government’s Il-76 will not have enough fuel to fly to Casablanca, Morocco, where it will refuel and then fly to Russia on routes that bypass European airspace .
To avoid canceling the meeting, the Brazilian government consulted the Brazilian Air Force about the availability of aviation kerosene at Galeão Air Base, but the military reported that it was insufficient.
After they finally refused to refuel the Russian airliner, the Brazilian side invited Lavrov to leave his Il-76 in Rio de Janeiro and fly to Brasilia, boarding the plane of Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira as a ” fellow travelers.” Afterwards, the same plane will return Lavrov to Rio.
On the evening of Thursday, February 22, Russian propagandists reported that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had finally flown to Brasilia. The details of his wanderings are not reported.
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Source: korrespondent
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