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At a yesterday’s meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Grishchenko discussed conditions for stationing of the Russian fleet in Sevastopol. A source in the Ukrainian delegation said...
Russia understood him better than the neighbours did. Bainimarama, who seized power in a military coup in 2006 and refuses to hold elections until 2014, was speaking today to heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Fiji. He hailed the visit earlier...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) speaks with his visiting United Arab Emirates' counterpart, Abdallah bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (L), during their meeting in Moscow, on February 13, 2012. Russia's and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministers met... View Photo »
For the most part, armed groups are provoking the authorities
14 (RIA Novosti) - The UN Security Council should approve a mandate of any international mission in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. At the last meeting of the Arab League it was decided to send UN peacekeeping...
In Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeated that international pressure to end the bloodshed should focus on the opposition as well as on Bashar al-Assad's regime. He said that peacekeeping troops could not be considered until there was an end...
7 (Bloomberg) -- A top-level Russian delegation sought to prod President Bashar al-Assad toward a political settlement after Russia shored up the Syrian leader by blocking United Nations action over his 11-month-old crackdown. Foreign Minister Sergei...
United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan listens to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) during their meeting in Moscow February 13, 2012. View Photo »
Right now, the most important thing is to stop acting by means of ultimatums and try to move toward political dialogue
Foreign Ministry said that Russia does not rule out its participation in a potential UN peacekeeping mission to Syria. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said, in turn, that this mission should not only bring together peacekeepers from Western...
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Серге́й Ви́кторович Лавро́в, born March 21, 1950, in Moscow) is the Foreign Minister of Russia. Full Article
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gestures as he speaks with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (not pictured) during their meeting in Moscow February 13, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) walks with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan during their meeting in Moscow February 13, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (C) poses for a photo with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and the newly promoted top officials from Russian Foreign Ministry during a reception in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) toasts with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) during a reception for the newly promoted top officials from Russian Foreign Ministry in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his visiting Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar meet in Moscow, on February 8, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) speaks with his visiting Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar during their meeting in Moscow, on February 8, 2012.
View Photo »An Image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attached to the white, blue and red Russian flag as Syrian pro-government supporters gather to cheer on the convoy carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as it heads towards the presidential palace in Damascus on February 7, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) arrives with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar at their meeting in Moscow February 8, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shows the way to his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar during their meeting in Moscow February 8, 2012.
View Photo »Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Moscow February 8, 2012.
View Photo »Syrian pro-government protesters hold a banner in in Arabic, Russian and Chinese and wave Syrian and Russian flags as a convoy carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads towards the presidential palace in Damascus on February 7, 2012. Moscow's top diplomat was holding talks...
View Photo »Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) welcomes visiting Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) as Russia's Foreign Intelligence chief Mikhail Fradkov (2nd R) smiles during their meeting at the presidential palace in Damascus, on February 7, 2012,. Lavrov's trip comes days after...
View Photo »A Syrian pro-government protester wears a t-shirt picturing President Bashar al-Assad attends a demonstration to welcome a convoy carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the presidential palace in Damascus on February 7, 2012. Moscow's top diplomat was holding talks with...
View Photo »A Syrian pro-government supporter holds upa sign as a convoy carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads towards the presidential palace in Damascus on February 7, 2012. Moscow's top diplomat was holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after being cheered on his...
View Photo »Syrian pro-governmenrt protesters wave the Syrian (L) and Chinese (red) and Russian (R) flags as the motorcade ferrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the presidential palace drives past in Damascus on February 07, 2012, where he will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
View Photo »United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan listens to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) during their meeting in Moscow February 13, 2012.
View Photo »Visiting Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (L )attends a meeting with his Russia's counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, on February 6, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa in Moscow February 6, 2012.
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his Bahrain's counterpart, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (L), meet in Moscow, on February 6, 2012. Lavrov will ask President Bashar al-Assad for rapid reforms on a visit to Syria this week, his ministry said yesterday, as Moscow hit...
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) welcomes his counterpart from Bahrain Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa during their meeting in Moscow February 6, 2012.
View Photo »MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 04: Sergey V. Lavrov, Russian minister of foreign affairs is seen during day 2 of the 48th Munich Security Conference at Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 4, 2012 in Munich, Germany. The 48th Munich conference on security policy is running till February 5, 2012.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as they pose for photographers during the 48th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 4, 2012. The Security Conference is a three-day...
View Photo »A demonstrator holds a banner that reads "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, why didn't you visit Homs, to see your weapons killing our children" during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Marat al-Numan near the northern province of Idlib February...
View Photo »Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) listens to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R, back) as he meets with officials of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 9, 2012.
View Photo »Demonstrators hold a banner, which reads: "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, you are not welcomed", during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Yabroud, near Damascus, February 7, 2012. Russia won a promise from Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in...
View Photo »Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gestures as he speaks with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (not pictured) during their meeting in Moscow February 13, 2012.
View Photo »For the most part, armed groups are provoking the authorities
Right now, the most important thing is to stop acting by means of ultimatums and try to move toward political dialogue
Armed people are treating civilians very severely ... But recently, more and more often, this concerns not so much the actions of the authorities, but of the armed groups that provoke disorder.
The unrest is not so much related to the authorities but armed groups, who are provoking the unrest
The Syrian problem requires the same approach, as ultimatums, which some states try to use, including members of the Arab League, cannot resolve this problem
In reality, that embargo was only enforced against the Libyan army. The opposition got arms from countries such as France and Qatar
Probably, some people in the West consider this a negative tendency... And, maybe, the present events in the Middle East are an attempt to compensate for the loss of influence in the global economy by reckless and provocative actions
At the moment, the Arab League is calling for an end to violence and the beginning of dialogue. But there have been calls from the West and other countries in the region advising the opposition not to enter into dialogue with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime
At the moment, the Arab League is calling for an end to violence and the beginning of dialogue. But there have been calls from the West and other countries in the region advising the opposition not to enter into dialogue with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime
We are not closing the door in any case. We will continue working with the Americans within NATO-Russia Council, but we will continue working on the basis of our position that no-targeting guarantees are needed
We are not closing the door in any case. We will continue working with the Americans within NATO-Russia Council, but we will continue working on the basis of our position that no-targeting guarantees are needed
We are not closing the door in any case, we will continue working with the Americans within NATO-Russia Council, but we will continue working on the basis of our position that no-targeting guarantees are needed
Our plans include increasing hydrocarbons supplies to the East Asian countries to strengthen energy security and ensuring sustainable economic growth in the region
If the opposition is going to use such methods it will lead... to full-scale civil war.
Some opposition representatives, with support from some foreign countries, [could] declare that dialogue can begin only after the regime goes.
We support the idea of observers working there. As far as I know, the Syrian leadership said several days ago that it was willing to receive observers from the Arab League and guarantee their presence in any part of the country and in any community, so they could see what is going on with their own eyes
We support the idea of observers working there. As far as I know, the Syrian leadership said several days ago that it was willing to receive observers from the Arab League and guarantee their presence in any part of the country and in any community, so they could see what is going on with their own eyes
This was quite similar to a true civil war.
If some opposition representatives, with support from some foreign countries, declare that dialogue can begin only after President Assad goes, then the Arab League initiative becomes worthless and meaningless
Today, by the way, Euro News -- our common TV channel with the European Union -- showed footage where the newly created Free Syrian Army attacked ... official buildings
Russia was told there were no long-term geopolitical calculations
If the stake is only made on ‘foreign states assisting [the country] in knocking down the regime,’ this is absolutely irresponsible
Now we have the document, fully approved by the negotiators, which will be adopted and supported at the summit in Brussels, at least we have agreed to recommend our leaders to do so
The representatives of the Iran Six in the [International Atomic Energy Agency’s] Board of Governors agreed the resolution at the current meeting. We expect it to be adopted tomorrow
We are very familiar with their demands. We are obligated to act taking into account several factors. Russia has a citizenship law which regulates how people from other countries can acquire citizenship
