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📰 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s interview with The International Affairs journal, August 19, 2023
👉https://u.to/lgPlHw (English)
👉https://u.to/zwPlHw (русский)
💬#LAVROV: We are successfully developing relations with a whole range of countries and regional organisations in Africa, Asia (in particular, ASEAN) and Latin America. The overwhelming majority of the countries, obviously, does not support the attempts we have seen in the past years to secure the dominance of the United States and its Western allies on the international arena through force, illegitimate sanctions, ultimatums, blackmail and threats. Nobody likes it.
🔹 I believe that the historical process has already handed down the verdict. Yes, it will be a long historical era of establishing genuine multi-polarity. The West will put up serious resistance. We can already see it.
🔹 Our Western colleagues are demanding that the developing countries across all continents join the anti-Russia sanctions and break off contacts with Russia. These attempts are futile. Aside from votes in a number of international organisations, achieved by dishonest means, these vain attempts of our Western colleagues have not been able to take any tangible shape.
🔹From now on, we will proceed from this realisation as we build our foreign policy, relying only on the partnerships that have proven to be with people who are capable of negotiating, keeping their word and not trying to benefit from infringing on the interests of others.
🔹Our motto is the balance of interests. This balance is the core of our foreign policy. It is the only approach that has prospects in international affairs.
💬 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov: We are interested in developing relations not only through bilateral channels, but also with regional structures: GCC, Arab League, #ASEAN, African Union, CELAC.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Minister of China Qin Gang hold talks "on the sidelines" of the SCO Ministerial
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 4, 2023
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🔴#LIVE: #Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov's press conference following the Plenary Session of G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting
📍 New Delhi, March 2
🔗https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202303011210-LIVE13560-Lavrov-holds-press-conference-in-New-Delhi
🔗https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🔴#LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the #RussiaASEAN meeting.
📍 Jakarta, July 13
🔗https://www.ruptly.tv/event_route?link_id=86b3e519-712a-4ea0-83e7-91395c32aaed&provider_id=15
🔗https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🤝 On September 6, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrovmet with Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (#IORA) Salman Al Farisi on the sidelines of the 18th East Asia Summit in Jakarta.
The parties addressed key issues on the IORA’s agenda in the context of the further involvement of Russia (which received dialogue partner status in 2021) in the practical activities of the association. The IORA Secretariat indicated an interest in Russian expertise in the association’s sectoral areas of priority, including cooperation on sea-related issues, on tourism fisheries, and on environmental protection. A high assessment was also given to Russian projects in relation to the blue economy.
☝️ The Russian side emphasised the importance of further building up the applied potential of IORA for harmonious integration into the processes of cross-platform cooperation of a transcontinental nature.