IN BRIEF: MFA on wild accusations against Russian poet, Ukrainian desertion

MOSCOW, November 20. /TASS/. Moscow sees Poland's closure of the consulate general in Gdansk as them seeking to destroy relations, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

The diplomat pointed to NATO's involvement in the preparation of cyberattacks carried out by Ukraine against Russia, and to the incompetence of the Moldovan authorities with their absurd accusations against poet Alexander Pushkin.

TASS has compiled the key statements by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry.

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to attend a meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council in Bishkek on November 27.

- Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov will pay a working visit to Moscow on November 24-25 to participate in an annual joint meeting of the boards of the foreign ministries of the two countries.