Embassy of Russia in Singapore

⚡️ Head of the Russian Federation’s Delegation to the Russia–Ukraine direct talks, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky: 💬 On June 6, in full accordance with the Istanbul agreements, the Russian side launched a humanitarian initiative to transfer 6000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel to Ukraine, and to exchange all wounded and severely ill prisoners of war, as well as those aged under 25. The first group of 1212 bodies, transported in refrigerated vehicles, has arrived at the designated handover location. Other remains are currently en route. Furthermore, the first list of 640 POWs, classified as wounded, seriously ill, and the youth, has been submitted to the Ukrainian side to begin the exchange process. A contact group of the Russian Defence Ministry has arrived at the Ukrainian border. However, the Ukrainian side has unexpectedly postponed both the repatriation of bodies and the prisoner exchange for an unspecified period. Their negotiating group was nowhere to be found, they did not even appear, and the explanations provided have been inconsistent and unclear. ❗️We call on Kiev to strictly adhere to the schedule and agreements reached, and to start the exchange process right away. As per our mutual agreement, 1200 soldiers and officers from each side should be given the opportunity to return home. We urge the Ukrainian side to collect the bodies of 6000 soldiers and officers so that they may be buried with dignity by their families. We remain at the site, fully prepared to proceed. International TV channels, news agencies and correspondents are welcome to arrive and assure themselves of the transparency of our actions. Russia always keeps its word.

🎙Remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at President Vladimir Putin's meeting with members of the Government (June 4, 2025) 💬 Sergey Lavrov: Mr. Medinsky spoke on the main results. I believe that this is important and useful. The process of direct talks, which you previously agreed on in one of the latest telephone conversations with Donald Trump, is underway. As we know, both rounds yielded tangible results, including the 1'000 for 1'000 POWs swap. Now, as head of our delegation Vladimir Medinsky said, additional agreements on a new swap, which is as large as the previous one, and not just of prisoners of war in equal numbers, but also of the seriously wounded, the sick, as well as the return of the remains of the deceased, have been made. I believe it is better to always have a channel of communication. It enables us to address urgent humanitarian concerns above all else. At this stage, the coordination of reciprocal humanitarian measures as goodwill gestures and steps toward building trust is especially vital. As I have noted, we are seeing real progress in this area. In light of what was just mentioned regarding the proposal for a brief two- or three-day pause to allow for the dignified recovery of the bodies of the deceased along sections of the contact line – where wounded individuals may still be present – I consider Kiev’s categorical and harsh rejection of this initiative to be a grave mistake. This comes on top of similar refusals of our proposals for humanitarian pauses during Easter and during the celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory. Nevertheless, Mr. President, despite all this, and despite the serious criminal provocations that have taken place in recent days, I believe it is important not to fall into the trap of these provocations, which are clearly designed to derail the talks and continue receiving arms deliveries from European nations. I believe that all means to achieve the just goals of the special military operation, including negotiations, must be put to use. The Foreign Ministry is actively engaged in Vladimir Medinsky’s delegation. President Putin: I agree. There was a report that there also was some comment made by the Ukrainian side about the composition and level of our delegation. Sergey Lavrov: Yes, Mr. President, the comment was anonymous, but it was spread in the media. Nobody approached us with specific questions or specific ideas. Journalists asked about this, and we explained what the level of Aide to the President of the Russian Federation means.

⚡️Comment by the Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yury Ushakov on the outcomes of Russia's President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump (June 4, 2025) 💬 About an hour ago, the fourth telephone conversation between our President and US President Donald Trump concluded. <...> Vladimir Putin provided detailed information on the outcomes of the second round of direct Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul. It was emphasised that Ukraine tried to derail these talks by carrying out targeted attacks on purely civilian targets and civilian population on direct orders from the Kiev regime. These attacks unequivocally constitute an act of terrorism under international law and, in our view, the Kiev regime has essentially degenerated into a terrorist organisation. The Russian side did not fall for the provocations and, as you know, the second round has effectively taken place in Istanbul. To reiterate, our President extensively covered the content and the outcomes of the talks and emphasised that, overall, these talks were productive. The corresponding memorandums were exchanged and will be analysed in the capitals – Moscow and Kiev – and then, we hope, both sides can continue the talks. Regarding the strikes on military airfields, this issue was also discussed. Donald Trump reiterated that Americans were not informed in advance about them. Naturally, the Leaders agreed to continue contacts on the Ukraine issue, both at the highest level and through other channels as well. In addition to Ukraine, a number of international issues were discussed, with a focus on the stalled talks between the United States and Iran on the Iranian nuclear programme. ☝️ Donald Trump believes that Russia’s assistance may be necessary, and he would appreciate it if Russia could work with the Iranian side accordingly. Additionally, the Middle East was discussed, as well as the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, which has been halted with the personal involvement of President Trump. Furthermore, the Presidents exchanged views on the prospects for restoring Russia-US cooperation in various areas, which, according to both Presidents, have enormous potential. 🤝 In conclusion, both Leaders characterised the exchange of views as positive and highly productive. President Trump and our President also confirmed their willingness to remain in constant communication. I would also note that both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin highly appreciated the efforts of President Trump’s Special Envoy Steven Witkoff. Read in full #RussiaUSA

Courtesy Call by APEC Executive Director to the Russian Embassy in Singapore On May 30, 2025, Mr Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, paid a courtesy call to the Russian Embassy in Singapore. During his meeting with H.E. Mr Nikolay Kudashev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Singapore, the two sides discussed Russia’s approach to APEC agenda, including regional integration, sustainable growth, and digital transformation. О визите вежливости Исполнительного директора АТЭС в Посольство России в Сингапуре 30 мая 2025 года Посольство России в Сингапуре посетил с визитом вежливости Исполнительный директор Секретариата АТЭС Эдуардо Педроса. В ходе беседы с Послом России в Сингапуре Н.Р.Кудашевым были обсуждены ключевые направления деятельности форума, а также позиция России в рамках АТЭС, включая вопросы региональной интеграции, устойчивого роста и цифровой трансформации.

⚡️ Statement by Head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky following the second round of resumed Russia-Ukraine direct talks in Istanbul(June 2, 2025) Read in full 💬 We handed our two-part memorandum to the Turkish side. • The first part concerns ways to achieve a durable and sustainable peace. • The second part outlines the steps towards making a genuine ceasefire possible. <...> The Ukrainian side took it for further review. They will study it and tell us what they think about it, and we will take it from there. In addition to that, we resolved several practical matters. Firstly, we will unilaterally hand over 6'000 frozen bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the Ukrainian side. <...> Next week, we will return these bodies to the Ukrainian side so they may be laid to rest with dignity. <...> We have agreed on the largest prisoner swap to date. All gravely wounded and seriously ill soldiers will be exchanged all for all. This is a humanitarian gesture on our part. The same approach — all for all — will be used to exchange young soldiers under the age of 25. The overall exchange quota will be at least 1'000 people from each side, possibly more. These numbers are being finalised. Furthermore, we agreed to create permanent medical commissions that will compile reports which the parties will use to draw up exchange lists of severely wounded soldiers without having to wait for major political decisions. These exchanges will be conducted regularly as part of routine operations. ❗️ We proposed imposing a short-term ceasefire for two to three days on several stretches of the line of contact. Our military experts will work on it in coordination with the Ukrainians. <...> The Russian army is advancing, and there are significantly more bodies of the Ukrainian soldiers in the grey zone. For this reason, we propose collecting the bodies of their fallen soldiers and transferring them immediately on-site to the opposing side for proper burial under Christian traditions. We let them know about this proposal. The Ukrainian military promised to review it promptly. <...> Children are central to us, and I would like to say a few words about them. We’ve been hearing lately <…> that “1.5 million Ukrainian children were abducted by the Russians.” Then it came down to “200'000 Ukrainian children abducted by the Russians.” Now, the official figure is “20'000 children abducted by the Russians.” We’ve constantly asked to provide documentary evidence. Show us who these children are, give us something, such as missing child reports filed by their parents. Who are these children? They weren’t on any lists. What we get are mere numbers with no substance. <...> We finally obtained a complete list. As you can see, it’s not 1.5 million, and not even 20'000 names. It includes 339 names. We will look into each case. We have reviewed every single inquiry lately. The Commissioner for Children’s Rights office had 101 children reunite with their families. 22 children have come back home from Ukraine and reunited with their families. Our children, too, may end up in the midst of a combat zone and lose contact with their families. <...> This list of 339 names only underscores the fact that child abduction has, unfortunately, been turned by the Ukrainian authorities into a media show for bleeding-heart Europeans. <...> In reality, we are talking about dozens of children. None of these children have been abducted. Not a single one. These are the children who were rescued by our soldiers — often at the cost of their lives — pulled from combat zones and taken to safety. We are looking for their parents. If the parents are found, the children are returned. ☝️ Every child will reunite with their parents. All families on both sides will come together. We are working on it. It’s a matter of honour. ❓Question: What language were the talks held in? 💬 Vladimir Medinsky: I’ll give you three guesses. ❓Question: Was it Russian? 💬 Vladimir Medinsky: Correct, you got it right straight away.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the meeting with delegation of the Permanent Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (Perm, May 29, 2025) 💬 Sergey Lavrov: Dear colleagues, dear friends, This is the year when the International Conference of Asian Political Parties commemorates its 25th anniversary. And because of their reputation and their authority, they are a platform for exchanging views and experience in the context of party-to-party cooperation. Cooperation at this level is one of our priorities. It's a very useful addition to the so-called classical diplomacy and that contributes a lot to promoting mutual trust, mutual understanding between peoples. The creation of the conference is a signal, a very clear signal to the entire world. And very timely response to reconsider the place of the Asian countries in international and global developments. We assess very positively the increase of the political work of your conference. And we see with pleasure the sustainable process of expanding your influence in the continental architecture, in the architecture of regional organizations, some of which are experiencing erosion of their influence, if not degradation, since they abandoned practically all of the key principles of the UN Charter. I have in mind such organizations on our Eurasian continent as the European Union, which became more Euro-Atlantic than Eurasian following NATO. <...> In the last 10-15 years, all these principles including equal and indivisible security, including the statement that no one, be it the country or organization, should prepare to dominate in Europe, all this was abandoned, violated. 🌐 We need Eurasia of course. And by the way, Eurasia is the biggest, the richest continent. The continent which, unlike Africa and Latin America, is home of several world civilizations with thousands and thousands of years of history. <...> #Eurasia is the only continent which doesn't have any universal continental structure, like African Union in Africa, like CELAC in Latin America. We have quite a lot, many integrational movements, organizations which address security issues, like Shanghai Cooperation Organization, #ASEAN, Collective Security Treaty Organization (#CSTO), Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (#GCC), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (#SAARC) and there is no umbrella. We are very much in favor of promoting party-to-party dialogue. Our ruling party, United Russia, in cooperation with other parliamentary parties and their fractions is promoting very actively this kind of cooperation. And I will highlight the initiative of United Russia of last year, when they convened a meeting of various parties to consider methods of fighting the new forms of colonialism and neo-colonialism. <...> A movement created on the basis of the conference, which is called "Freedom of Nations". ☝️ The inadmissibility of neo-colonial forms of exploitation is one of the agenda items of the Group of Friends of the UN Charter. Last year, we initiated, through this group, the resolution of the UN Committee on Decolonization. The draft resolution supported by this committee was accepted by the UN General Assembly. <..> A clear majority supported it. The idea is to announce the 14th of December, the day of the adoption of The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples of 1960, as a date of fighting the new forms of neo-colonialism. Сolonial exploitation was very blunt. Slaves, you know, digging the resources and leaving the countries in very poor condition. If you take the economic system in the world, countries, especially in Africa, mostly produce, they provide natural resources to the western countries We would like to promote the movement to resolve this injustice. Without fighting any country, we never want to isolate any country from cooperation, but cooperation must be based on equal footing, just principles. 🤝 We express our readiness to cooperate with your conference.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues(Moscow, May 28, 2025) Key talking points: 💬 Global South and East countries are becoming increasingly vocal when discussing and addressing the most urgent and key challenges the world is facing today. This reflects a tectonic shift in international politics, which took place over the past years and continues to this day. It primarily consists of an accelerated emergence of a multipolar world order, as well as new centres of development across the Eurasian continent, Africa and Latin America taking on a bigger role in the global distribution of power. • #BRICS exemplifies constructive multilateral cooperation among major international actors and their partners representing various continents, cultures and religions. It has firmly established itself as one of the pillars of a multipolar world order and a champion of the Global Majority on the international stage. • Upholding international law and seeking guidance from the principles of equality and neighbourly relations, as well as mutual respect and taking into account each other’s interests guarantees peace and stability. • The conflict in Ukraine (and more fundamentally, the profound security crisis across Europe) was triggered precisely by NATO’s aggressive eastward expansion over decades that was in direct contravention of the solemn assurances by American and European leaders to both Soviet and Russian leadership regarding the alliance’s non-expansion. • The alliance [NATO] is now taking steps to operate outside its area of responsibility, seeking to move into the Asia-Pacific region — the Indo-Pacific, as they call it — threatening to undermine the #ASEAN-centric security architecture that has developed there over decades and allowed the countries in the region and their partners in different parts of the world to successfully cooperate. This causes deep concern for the future of ASEAN and the future well-being of its member states. • We advocate for the creation, under current conditions, of a global security architecture rooted in the objective trends of multipolarity, the emergence of new growth centres, and one that guarantees equal conditions for the peaceful development of all states without exception. <...> The foundation for this already exists – the UN Charter. What is required is for all to adhere to it in good faith. • A crucial step towards the goal of global security is the formation of an architecture of equal and indivisible security on the Eurasian continent — the most expansive and resource-rich region, the stability of which underpins the resilience of a multipolar world. • Russia does not seek to impose anything on anyone and is ready to engage in mutually respectful dialogue with everyone. We will keep perfecting the existing security mechanisms and put them to use as part of our engagement with the #CSTO, #CIS, and the #SCO. • As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia is aware of the responsibility it has for international relations in all their aspects on the international stage, including in terms of promoting peace, strategic stability, conflict settlement and a unifying agenda. Read in full

🎙Интервью заместителя Министра иностранных дел России А.А.Панкина программе «Евразийский диалог» по случаю Дня Евразийского экономического союза(29 мая 2025 года) 📺Смотреть интервью Ключевые тезисы: 🗓 29 мая 2014 года был подписан основополагающий для Евразийского экономического союза документ, а именно — Договор о ЕАЭС. Он очертил контуры евразийской интеграции, преимущества которой сегодня прекрасно осознают все страны-члены Объединения. Это доказано и статистикой, и поступательной динамикой его развития. • #ЕАЭС — безусловно, экономический союз. Приоритет в его деятельности — это укрепление благосостояния населения и создание наиболее благоприятных условий для бизнеса. С этой целью ЕАЭС и создавался. • За 10 лет своего функционирования Союз продемонстрировал немало достижений: совокупный ВВП Объединения возрос до 2,6 триллионов долларов. Товарооборот с внешними странами почти достиг отметки в триллион — 923 миллиарда долларов. В рамках ЕАЭС действуют четыре свободы передвижения: товаров, услуг, капитала, рабочей силы. Целый ряд функций по регулированию (в сфере таможенного администрирования, внешней торговли, технических регламентов) передан наднациональному органу — Евразийской экономической комиссии. • Осуществляется координация национальных политик в области обеспечения продовольственной, энергетической безопасности, цифровизации, промышленности, устранения всевозможных барьеров. Решения в рамках ЕАЭС служат на благо и на пользу всех, кто участвует в их принятии, и не в ущерб кому-либо из государств-членов. • Однако помимо достижений есть и проблемы. Их никто не скрывает, т.к. они устраняются в ходе взаимодействия на основе равноправного диалога и консенсуса, который достигается путём компромиссов. <...> Уважение, взаимопонимание и равенство в ЕАЭС — это не просто слова — страны-участницы идут на уступки, соизмеряя интересы, делают исключения друг для друга. 🌐 У ЕАЭС есть целый план разноуровневой, разноскоростной международной деятельности, предусматривающий в т.ч. выход на партнёров, которые стремятся к наращиванию углублённой кооперации путём создания зон свободной торговли. Действуют уже три таких соглашения с Вьетнамом, Сербией, Ираном соответственно, а также непреференциальное торговое соглашение с Китаем. Ожидаем в этом году подписания аналогичных соглашений с ОАЭ и с Монголией. На финальной стадии — согласование документа с Индонезией. Ведутся переговоры с Египтом. • Большое евразийское партнёрство (БЕП) — это флагманская внешнеполитическая инициатива, выдвинутая Президентом Российской Федерации. Это замах на «интеграцию интеграций». Построение БЕП — это долгий, нелёгкий, разноскоростной путь в разных направлениях. • В Большой Евразии существует целый ряд интеграционных объединений. <...> На арабском Востоке, в Южной и Юго-Восточной Азии функционируют различные группировки, но в целом полной сопряжённости между ними нет. Проект БЕП как раз нацелен на то, чтобы обеспечить связуемость, «бесшовность» в развитии торговли, взаимных инвестициях, транспортировке грузов, в сфере оказания услуг и т.д на пространстве Большой Евразии.

May 29 marks the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) The EAEU is an international organization for regional economic integration, comprising five member states: Armenia 🇦🇲, Belarus 🇧🇾, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 , and Russia 🇷🇺. Together, the Union has a population of 185.5 million people. The EAEU's GDP amounts to 2.6 trillion USD, industrial output stands at 1.6 trillion USD, agricultural production at 132 billion USD, and investments total 487 billion USD. In its current form, the EAEU has existed for over 10 years. Its founding document – the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union – was signed on May 29, 2014, in Astana (Kazakhstan) by the heads of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan joined the Union in 2015. Four countries – Moldova, Cuba, Uzbekistan, and Iran – have observer status in EAEU. Over the past decade, the member countries have implemented unified regulations in areas such as the creation of a common internal market and customs space, technical, tariff, and non-tariff regulation, foreign trade policy, and have pursued coordinated policies in energy, industrial cooperation, agriculture, and digitalization. The Union’s experience has become attractive to external partners seeking to establish dialogue with the organization in one form or another. The EAEU has signed free trade agreements with Vietnam, Serbia, and Iran, as well as a non-preferential agreement with China. The Union’s supranational body – the Eurasian Economic Commission—has signed over 80 memorandums of cooperation with third countries, organizations, and integration associations, including the CIS, SCO, ASEAN, and various UN bodies.

🗓 29 мая решением глав государств-членов Евразийского экономического союза ежегодно отмечается #ДеньЕАЭС. 1 января исполнилось1️⃣0️⃣ лет с даты вступления в силуДоговора о ЕАЭС(подписан 29 мая 2014 года) и начала фактического функционирования Союза как регионального интеграционного объединения. За это время ЕАЭС зарекомендовал себя как эффективный интеграционный проект, в основе которого — равноправие и учёт интересов каждого участника. Объединение утвердилось в качестве одного из самостоятельных и самодостаточных центров формирующегося многополярного мира. Страны «пятёрки» #ЕАЭС — Армения, Белоруссия, Казахстан, Киргизия и Россия — добились значительных результатов: на пространстве Союза функционирует и совершенствуется внутренний рынок, устойчивый рост демонстрирует взаимная торговля, укрепляется кооперация в таких сферах, как транспорт, логистика, промышленность, сельское хозяйство, обеспечение энергетической и продовольственной безопасности. 📈Экономические показатели говорят сами за себя:по имеющимся оценкам, совокупный ВВП государств-членов ЕАЭС за 10 лет функционирования Союза увеличился с 1,6 до 2,5 триллиона долларов. Рост валового внутреннего продукта (в целом по Объединению) в 2024 году составил плюс 4,4% — это существенно выше среднемировых темпов, оцениваемых в 3,3%. Товарооборот с третьими странами вырос на 60%. По итогам прошлого года доля национальных валют во взаиморасчётахстран «пятёрки» в рамках внутрирегиональной торговли достигла 90%. Евразийский экономический союз является важным игроком международных экономических отношений с широкой сетью зарубежных связей. В настоящее время действуют соглашения о свободной торговле ЕАЭС с Вьетнамом🇻🇳, Ираном🇮🇷 и Сербией🇷🇸, а также два непреференциальных соглашения с Китаем🇨🇳. Реализуется план сопряжения Союза с китайской инициативой «Одни пояс — один путь». Активно осуществляется взаимодействие с государствами-наблюдателями ЕАЭС — Узбекистаном🇺🇿, Кубой🇨🇺 и Ираном🇮🇷. На финальной стадии находится работа по заключению торговых соглашений с Индонезией🇮🇩, ОАЭ🇦🇪 и Монголией🇲🇳. 📰 Из интервью Заместителя Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации А.Л.Оверчука«Российской газете» (28 мая 2025 года): 💬 <...> «Рассматриваем ЕАЭС как центр экономической кристаллизации Северной Евразии, достигший высокого уровня социального и экономического развития, а также в целом решивший проблемы продовольственной и энергетической безопасности. Это делает нашу пятёрку привлекательным партнёром для стран Глобального Юга, которые до сих пор не могут преодолеть последствия колониальной зависимости от стран Западной Европы. <...> Евразия обладает колоссальным созидательным потенциалом, где страны севера и юга стремятся к развитию и многое для этого делают. Многие из этих стран тянутся к России». 🎙 Из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой(20 мая 2025 года): 💬 «Сегодня ЕАЭС — пример успешного интеграционного объединения, взаимодействие в рамках которого строится на принципах равенства, доверия и уважения , учёта интересов каждого участника. Поздравляем с наступающим Днём ЕАЭС, благодарим коллег из стран Союза и Евразийской экономической комиссии за плодотворное взаимодействие. Нацелены на дальнейшее раскрытие экономического потенциала, наращивание и укрепление интеграции на благо населения и бизнеса наших стран».

📄Vladimir Putinsent a message of greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to congratulate them on the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union(May 29, 2025). ✍️Vladimir Putin: Please accept my heartfelt greetings on the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union. Integration processes within #EAEU have gathered substantial momentum and have been quite fruitful. We created a common market, which provides for the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour. There is an ongoing effort to harmonise our national regulations in key sectors, while we succeed in undertaking joint economic and infrastructure projects. I am certain that we will keep doing everything to step up our constructive multi-faceted cooperation for the benefit of our peoples and to ensure well-being and stability across the Eurasian space. I wish you good health and success, and happiness and prosperity to your fellow citizens.

🎙Address by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to participants of the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues(May 28, 2025) 💬 Vladimir Putin: I am pleased to welcome you to Moscow for the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues. Over the past nearly fifteen years, your Forum has convincingly affirmed its significant status and authority. I know that in these days, participants of the Meeting — representatives of delegations from many states — can expect a substantial programme, with the main discussion dedicated to the prospects of establishing a new global security architecture. ☝️ As for Russia, our approaches remain principled and unchanged. I have said it before and will reiterate: we are convinced that the new security architecture must be equal and indivisible — that is, all states must receive firm guarantees of their own security, but not at the expense of the security and interests of other countries. It is vital to make our continent a space of peace and stability, an example of sustainable economic, social, and cultural development. We believe that the foundation for creating such a universal security system could be the existing and well-established multilateral cooperation formats, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and others. Your current meeting is widely attended by states of the Global South and East. It is they, in essence, who form the global majority, seek to influence regional and international processes more actively, and uphold the principle of sovereign equality and the right to their own development model. Undoubtedly, in building joint efforts, it is necessary to rely on positive historical experience, on the lessons of the past. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of #WWII, which fundamentally influenced the development of the international community. The experience of uniting states in the fight against evil, against Nazism and militarism, the understanding of the colossal price humanity paid for peace and freedom, for the right of peoples to choose their own path of development, laid the foundations of the post-war world order and led to the creation of the UN — a universal, legitimate organisation based on the principles of international law, which has helped overcome many geopolitical challenges. Today, it is especially important to preserve the truth about the events of those years, to counter attempts to rewrite history, to cast doubt on the decisive contribution of the peoples of the Soviet Union to the Victory over Hitler’s Germany, and to glorify Nazi criminals and their accomplices. Just recently, on May 9, we solemnly marked the Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The celebrations in Moscow became yet another symbol of unity around the ideals of the Great Victory, demonstrating once again the commitment of our friends and partners to shaping a safer world, to constructive cooperation, and to jointly addressing global challenges. I am convinced that this latest meeting of high representatives overseeing security issues will contribute to the development of new important approaches to strengthening international peace and stability and will help advance dialogue for the benefit of all countries and peoples. I wish you success.