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“This is probably the Cuban Revolution’s hardest moment,” says former Cuban diplomat, Jesús Arboleya.

"I don't want to go down that line of thinking yet," said one Western diplomat asked about any concerns regarding a harsh Islamist-dominated order.

During his first term as president, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC became a symbol of the issue, as a go-to place for lobbyists, foreign diplomats, and allies to stay and spend.

With peace talks looking more likely as the war drags on, many more diplomats are expected aboard the V.I.P. trains, which have been used more than 1,000 times since the war began.

Lavrov's attendance has proved controversial, with Poland's foreign minister refusing to meet him and Sybiga branding the diplomat a "war criminal".