The meeting has been convened in the Foreign Office’s congress hall. It is being broadcast in Russian, English and French on the ministry's official website.

Mr. Lavrov is expected to address the recent events in Syria, Russia’s ties with the West and all kinds of emergencies that Russians citizens sometimes face while overseas.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov press conference: live on VoR website

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministery, Sergey Lavrov, will hold a large press conference today in which he will be addressing the 2012 outcomes, according to the ministry’s statement.

The press conference will start at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time in the ministry’s conference hall.

“The press conference will be broadcasting live on the ministry’s website in Russian, English and French,” the ministry noted.

As expected, Lavrov will answer questions related to the recent events in Syria, Russia’s relationship with the Western countries and incidents in foreign countries that involve Russians.

Voice of Russia will provide live broadcasting of the press-conference on its website.