Russian Consulate in Cape Town

📺 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’sgreetings and video message on Diplomats’ Day (February 10, 2026) 💬 Friends, Today marks Diplomats’ Day, our professional holiday. I would like to use this occasion to wish a happy holiday to all Russian diplomats who are working at the Central Office and territorial offices, and diplomats fulfilling their duty abroad. The history of Russian diplomacy spans many centuries and follows every stage of Russia becoming stronger as a state. Times change, but our spiritual and moral values — sincere, dedicated, and selfless devotion to the Fatherland, and firm commitment to the ideals of truth and justice — remain unshakeable. We are rightfully proud of the achievements of our outstanding predecessors. We honour the courage of the staff of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs who, during the tumultuous years of the Great Patriotic War, took arms to defend the Motherland. Their immortal feat stands as a benchmark for Foreign Ministry personnel and staff of subordinate institutions participating in the special military operation. Other ministerial staff members are also involved and are helping the front line soldiers and their families, and supporting those affected by crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Today, as we are witnessing another turning point in history, Russian diplomacy continues to do everything within its power to ensure safe and favourable external conditions for Russia’s steady domestic development and for improving the quality of life of its people. In many ways, our consistent and balanced foreign policy course sets the trajectory of global transformations, thus facilitating the emergence of a new multipolar world order. We seek to further develop honest and equitable international cooperation based on mutual understanding, trust, and neighbourliness. Following President Putin’s initiative, we are working to establish, across the Eurasian region, architecture of equal and indivisible security and extensive practical cooperation. In this context, we attach particular importance to the conclusion and implementation of bilateral agreements, including our treaties on security guarantees with Belarus and on comprehensive strategic partnership with the DPRK and Iran. We continue to expand relations across multiple areas with the World Majority, among them countries such as China, India, and other like-minded countries, our strategic partners and allies, primarily within the #CSTO, the #EAEU, and the #CIS, as well as the #SCO and #BRICS. Countering neo-colonial practices of all kinds ranging from unilateral coercive measures to military interventions remains firmly in our focus. In this context, we reaffirm our solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Cuba. We are convinced that only they can determine their own future. ☝️ The country’s leadership and Russian society hold our work to high standards. We are required to demonstrate discipline and dedication, as well as a passionate and creative approach to our duties. I trust that you will continue to work honourably for the good of the Fatherland and to contribute your share to addressing large-scale foreign policy goals set by the President. On this day, we express special gratitude to former ministerial employees, who taught us the fundamentals of diplomacy by their example. Many of them, to the extent of their abilities, remain active in the close-knit diplomatic ranks. By all means, I would like to separately thank all the relatives and loved ones of our employees. Your unconditional support gives us strength and keeps us focused. It is especially important for those who carry out their diplomatic service far from the Motherland. Once again, happy Diplomats’ Day to all. I wish you excellent health, well-being, and new accomplishments for the benefit of the Fatherland. #DiplomatsDay

✍️🇷🇺Address by Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Roman Ambarov on the occasion of Diplomat’s Day Dear friends, Today Russian diplomats celebrate their professional holiday. The history of our foreign policy service goes well back in time, largely in lockstep with the stages of the development of Russian statehood. Specifically, the date of our holiday stems from the earliest documented mention of the Ambassadorial Prikaz – Russia’s first department in charge of external relations – in February 1549. Unparalleled patriotism and selfless devotion to the country is what Russian diplomats have always been distinguished by, at all times. We cherish the memory of our outstanding diplomats such as Alexander Gorchakov, Alexander Griboyedov, Andrei Gromyko, Anatolii Dobrynin, Evgeny Primakov, Vitaly Churkin and many others who defended the interests of Russia under any circumstances. This year we celebrate our holiday alongside with the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. We pay tribute to the immortal feat of the employees of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, who stood up to defend the Motherland with weapons in their hands during the harsh years of war. We remember the diplomats, our senior comrades, who brought the Victory closer on the diplomatic front. A photo exhibition on this subject is showcased at the Russian Embassy’s consular office. Russian diplomacy will continue to do our best to ensure world peace and stability, while creating new security partnerships and shaping the political and legal framework as international relations enter the era of multipolarity. We are open to dialogue with all those who share these values. We’ll carry on defending the world that was built on the outcomes of World War II, preserving the historical truth. This noble goal will be achieved, despite all the efforts of our adversaries who increasingly engage in falsification of historical facts, revival of Nazism and militarism, the curtailment of international dialogue in the interests of forceful domination and neocolonialism. As Foreign Minister of the Russian empire Alexander Gorchakov once said, diplomacy is the art of the possible. We’ll make all efforts possible to tackle threats to Russia’s security, protect our allies and promote a more just world order based on national sovereignty and mutual respect. #DiplomatsDay #DiplomatsDay2025#Victory80

Today is Diplomatic Workers' Day aka Diplomats' Day in 🇷🇺#Russia! This date goes back to the earliest documented mention (February 10, 1549) of the Ambassadorial Prikaz —the first state body in our country’s history that oversaw foreign affairs. #DiplomatsDay#DWR2025