Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Kenya on an unannounced trip Monday morning.
Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Mr. Lavrov’s arrival in Nairobi on Monday morning, without giving further details on the visit
He is scheduled to talk to journalists later on Monday and meet local officials for bilateral talks.
The Russian embassy in Nairobi in a tweet said this would be “a very fruitful week for Russia-Kenya bilateral relations”.
Kenya’s President William Ruto has skipped Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu inauguration slated for Monday.
Mr. Lavrov’s visit comes days after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba made an African tour last week.
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