BRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) -Member countries are divided over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's annual foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday with Baltic nations and Ukraine refusing to attend over the presence of Russia's Sergei Lavrov.

The OSCE is not the only international body where the West and Russia meet. Lavrov still attends Group of 20 events around the world and the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has faced Western critics while attending international security talks in Northern Macedonia.

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Skopje on Thursday,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that he doubts it is expedient to continue the work of the OSCE. Source: Lavrov at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Skopje, European Pravda reports In his speech,

The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states and of Ukraine say they will boycott a meeting by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe being held this week in North Macedonia