Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used pizza and vodka to have a dig at his US counterpart Secretary of State John Kerry, as talks between the two veteran diplomats on Syria dragged on in Geneva.
Lavrov made three unscheduled visits on Friday to the windowless basement ballroom of the President Wilson Hotel where journalists had been waiting for hours for news of a possible breakthrough in the talks.
On his first appearance, Lavrov made clear that the waiting reporters should blame Kerry for the delay and expressed disbelief that things were taking so long.
"I hope before Washington goes to sleep we can get some news," he said.
An hour or so later, he fed the eager press corps another titbit - literally. A beaming Lavrov, accompanied by a posse of officials, including one bearing a tall stack of pizza boxes, announced they were a gift "from the US delegation".
As ravenous reporters quickly polished off the pizza, Lavrov came again, this time to hand over two bottles of Russian vodka.
"Pizza from the American delegation. This is from the Russian delegation," he said.
