Polish foreign minister flies to Moscow to meet Russian counterpart

Zbigniew Rau, Poland's foreign minister and chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), flew to Moscow on Monday for talks with Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lukasz Jasina, a foreign ministry spokesperson, announced on Monday that Rau was travelling to Russia in his capacity as the OSCE chair, adding that it would be the first visit to Moscow by a Polish foreign minister for almost 10 years. He added that on Monday evening, Rau would only meet the "inner circle" at the Polish embassy and that official talks would start on Tuesday morning, lasting an hour and being followed by a press conference.