Lavrov strengthens Russia's relations with Latin America.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded his five-day trip to Latin America, where he visited Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to seek deeper political and economic ties and common grounds on the Ukraine crisis. The five countries voiced opposition to hegemony, foreign interference in internal national affairs, and unilateral sanctions, and called for a peaceful political settlement to the Ukraine crisis. Lavrov said that Russia is willing to work with other countries to build a more democratic and just multipolar world order based on sovereign equality.