Lavrov swore at a press conference, but the ministry heard that he coughed. VIDEO

It is not known who the obscene words of the head of the Russian Foreign Minister (MFA), Sergey Lavrov, were addressed to.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a joint press conference with the head of the Saudi Arabia foreign ministry in Moscow swore obscenely.

The corresponding video was posted on YouTube by Nikolay Kotovsky.

True, what exactly the Russian diplomat wanted to say and to whom it was addressed is unknown (in the thirteenth second video).

In an interview with the radio station Says Moscow Maria Zakharova, director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said she was holding this press conference, but she had not heard such words from her immediate superior.

“I was at this press conference and didn’t hear anything like that. I can't comment on what I haven't heard. A man coughed, I don’t know what he had... what was there in the background or something else in parallel, I have no comments. I can say that substantively everything he said is in the transcript, it was heard on the recording. And commenting on rustles, coughs, and other interjections is in no way related to the topic of negotiations,” she said.

Let us recall that as a result of yesterday’s negotiations, Saudi Arabia became interested in Russian Iskander missile systems. A contract for the supply of Russian weapons to the kingdom may be signed in the near future.