ANKARA | Xinhua | Russia remains open to negotiations on ending the Ukraine conflict, but will not stop its military operations until those negotiations “produce a firm and sustainable result that suits” Russia, visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said here Monday. “During the talks in Riyadh, different perspectives emerged, …
Read More »Riyadh , Saudi Arabia | TASS | Russia expects the US delegation to detail President Donald Trump’s position on the Ukrainian settlement at the talks in Riyadh, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters. “We know Trump’s position [on Ukraine]. Today we expect it to be explained in detail to …
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The course of parliamentary elections in France does not very much resemble democracy, the second round was designed to manipulate the will of voters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin. The video was published in the telegram …
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MOSCOW | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo, where he will hold negotiations with the leadership of this country, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel. “Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo. Negotiations with the …
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MOSCOW | TASS | If the West wants to solve the Ukraine conflict on the battlefield, “so be it,” Sergey Lavrov, candidate for the post of Russia’s foreign minister, told a Federation Council committee meeting discussing his reappointment. “If they want [to resolve the conflict in Ukraine] on the battlefield, …
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MOSCOW | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to China on April 8-9, during which he will discuss a number of ‘hot topics,’ including Ukraine, with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “On April 8-9, top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Any new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members should come from developing countries, Russian media reported Monday, citing Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Primakov Readings International Forum in Moscow. “It is important to redress the historical injustices that emerged following the end of the …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia considers the deployment of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as a nuclear threat, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. Lavrov made the comment in an interview with the Russian news agency Lenta.ru, during which he discussed the potential consequences of the decision of …
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The key recent events that matter NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent visit to Africa appears to have cemented the growing perception of a diminished geo-political stature for President Yoweri Museveni. On his second visit to Africa, Blinken from August 7 to 12 …
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Geneva, SWITZERLAND | EURO NEWS | The top diplomats from Russia and the US described their talks in Geneva on Friday as “useful” and left the door open for further meetings in the coming weeks. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov told reporters that Washington had agreed to respond to …
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