俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫于周五抵达美国佐治亚州亚特兰大市，他将在此代表莫斯科出席二十国集团外长会议。
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Friday in the city of Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, where he is due to represent Moscow at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers.
俄罗斯外交部宣布了拉夫罗夫抵达美国的消息，而包括塔斯社在内的多家俄罗斯官方媒体称，俄罗斯代表团飞行了20多个小时，选择了一条绕过莫斯科视为“不友好”国家的路线。外交部发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃前一天曾证实，拉夫罗夫将开启为期两天的亚特兰大之行，出席由美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥主持的二十国集团外长会议。
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Lavrov’s arrival in the US, while many Russian media outlets, including state news agency Tass, said Russia's delegation flew for over 20 hours, taking a route that bypassed countries Moscow deemed “unfriendly.”Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had confirmed a day earlier that Lavrov would embark on a two-day visit to Atlanta to attend the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
她指出，关于俄罗斯代表团参加此次会议的大多数组织问题均已得到解决。
She noted that most of the organizational issues concerning the Russian delegation's participation in the meeting had been resolved.
扎哈罗娃表示：“不过我应该提到，鉴于出发时间定在未来24小时内，大多数问题在最后一刻才得以成功解决。因此代表团已经组建完毕，所有手续均已办妥，并已准备好开始工作。”
“I should mention, however, that given that the departure is scheduled for within the next 24 hours, most issues were successfully resolved at the last minute. So the delegation has been formed, all formalities are complete, and it is ready to get to work,” Zakharova said.