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The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to the hospital after his arrival for the G20 summit in Bali, but has since been discharged, Indonesian authorities said.
Three Indonesian government and medical officials said he was being treated on the resort island, with two of them reporting Mr Lavrov was receiving treatment for a heart condition.
The officials said he was taken to Sanglah Hospital in the provincial capital, Denpasar, but the hospital did not immediately comment.
Bali’s governor Wayan Koster later said Mr Lavrov had been taken in for a “check-up” and was “immediately returned”.
The Russian foreign ministry dismissed claims that he had been in hospital as “fake news”.
In a Telegram post, director of the information and press department for the ministry Maria Zakharova said: “We can’t believe our eyes: it turns out that he is hospitalised.
“This is, of course, the aerobatics of fakes. Well, wait, world exclusive.”
Sky News Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay said Ms Zakharova has shared a video showing Mr Lavrov sitting in his shorts, working on a balcony.
Image: Lavrov appeared in a video online. Pic: Telegram Maria Zakharova
In the clip, she asks him what he makes of the reports, to which he replies: “Well they say our president is too ill and that’s not true, and that Western should be more honest and tell the truth.”
Mr Lavrov is the highest-ranking Russian official attending the G20 summit, which begins on Tuesday.
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