🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions from teachers and students of the Armenian branches of Russian universities, members of the expert community, and activists of the youth wing of the Eurasia Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation (Yerevan, May 21, 2025)
💬 Subsequent to the meeting between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in autumn 2024 – during which our leaders resolved to reinstate comprehensive contacts across all areas, as these had, to a certain degree, lapsed somewhat in the period preceding their discussions – and in accordance with the leaders’ understanding, I received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan who visited Moscow in January. We are now here on a reciprocal visit.
We are engaging in the frankest discussions – not only on matters positively received by both capitals and conducive to expanding mutually beneficial projects, but also on issues where our perspectives diverge. This includes, notably, the processes unfolding in the South Caucasus, where, broadly speaking, two trends are in contention.
The first trend involves respecting the sovereign choices of the countries situated here – the nations of the South Caucasus, Transcaucasia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – while also acknowledging the legitimate interests of their immediate neighbours: Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. <...>
The second trend is precisely that our Western counterparts – primarily the European Union, <...> openly sought to extend their dominant influence over this region, to bend unfolding processes to their will, and to prevent the consolidation of the three South Caucasus states with their major neighbours – Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. This objective persists.
This trend, this modus operandi of our Western colleagues, is not unique to the South Caucasus but extends to Central Asia and other parts of our vast, shared continent. <...> In contrast, our stance is based on equality, mutual respect and, above all, the principles that have been set out in the UN Charter and are approved by everyone without exception.
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The promise not to expand NATO has been thrown down the drain. <...> We have warned them over the past 20 years, almost on the daily basis, that all this could come to grief. But after the 2014 coup d’etat, they began converting Ukraine to an “anti-Russia.” <...>
So now, when they tell us: Let us have a ceasefire and then we’ll see, we say: No way, guys, we have been through it all before. We don’t want it that way any longer. And so today, when all these Macrons, Starmers, Ursulas von der Leyen, and other European characters are writhing in hysterics and urging the US to join the anti-Russia crusade and increase the number of sanctions, this is a complete giveaway for them.
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Geopolitics and geography alike underscore the necessity of building bridges among all nations across the Eurasian continent. This means, first and foremost, fostering cooperation among the existing regional structures: the #SCO, the #EAEU, the #CSTO, the #CIS, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the GCC, and ASEAN. <...>
However, there are those who are intent on preventing such a mutually beneficial unification of the countries across Eurasia, including those in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Nevertheless, we continue to advance this effort.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has proposed the creation of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, rooted in practical cooperation and the interaction of existing integration structures, which would serve as the foundation for a future Eurasian security architecture.
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🤝 We anticipate that Armenia will take part in these processes. We fully respect the desire of our Armenian partners to develop relations with other countries, whether European or non-European, and with international organisations across various regions.
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#Announcement
🗓 On May 27-29, 2025, in Moscow, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu will chair the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues.
Invitations to participate in this forum have been extended to more than 150 states of the Global South and East, the #CIS, #CSTO, #EAEU, and #SCO countries, as well as to the leaders of more than 20 international organisations.
The agenda of the 13th forum focuses on international security cooperation.
ℹ️ The Security Council of the Russian Federation has been holding the annual international meetings of high representatives in charge of security issues since 2010. It is an important international platform for exchange of views on all global security-related issues and mechanisms to strengthen cooperation between partner countries to combat international terrorism, extremism, transnational crime, drug trafficking, as well as new challenges and threats.
Media accreditation is open until May 20, 2025
#Announcement
🗓 On May 27-29, 2025, in Moscow, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu will chair the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues.
Invitations to participate in this forum have been extended to more than 150 states of the Global South and East, the #CIS, #CSTO, #EAEU, and #SCO countries, as well as to the leaders of more than 20 international organisations.
The agenda of the 13th forum focuses on international security cooperation.
ℹ️ The Security Council of the Russian Federation has been holding the annual international meetings of high representatives in charge of security issues since 2010. It is an important international platform for exchange of views on all global security-related issues and mechanisms to strengthen cooperation between partner countries to combat international terrorism, extremism, transnational crime, drug trafficking, as well as new challenges and threats.
Media accreditation is open until May 20, 2025
#Announcement
🗓 On May 27-29, 2025, in Moscow, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu will chair the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues.
Invitations to participate in this forum have been extended to more than 150 states of the Global South and East, the #CIS, #CSTO, #EAEU, and #SCO countries, as well as to the leaders of more than 20 international organisations.
The agenda of the 13th forum focuses on international security cooperation.
ℹ️ The Security Council of the Russian Federation has been holding the annual international meetings of high representatives in charge of security issues since 2010. It is an important international platform for exchange of views on all global security-related issues and mechanisms to strengthen cooperation between partner countries to combat international terrorism, extremism, transnational crime, drug trafficking, as well as new challenges and threats.
Media accreditation is open until May 20, 2025
🇷🇺🇧🇾 2 prilli shënon Ditën e Bashkimit të Popujve të Federatës Ruse dhe Republikës së Bjellorusisë
Më 2 prill 1996 — saktësisht 30 vjet më parë — u nënshkrua Traktati për Formimin e Bashkësisë së Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë, duke shënuar hapin e parë drejt krijimit të Shtetit Bashkimor të Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë.
Vetëm një vit më vonë, Traktati për Bashkësinë e Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë hyri në fuqi, dhe më 8 dhjetor 1999, u lidh Traktati për Krijimin e Shtetit Bashkimor.
Sot, brenda kuadrit të Shtetit Bashkimor, zbatohen programe në fushat e industrisë, energjisë, teknologjisë së informacionit e kështu me radhë.
💬 Presidenti i Rusisë, V.V. Putin në një mbledhje të Këshillit të Lartë Shtetëror të Shtetit Bashkimor (26 shkurt 2026):
Rusia dhe Bjellorusia bashkëpunojnë ngushtë, si aleatë, në fushat e politikës së jashtme dhe mbrojtjes.
Qasjet tona ndaj çështjeve të ngutshme në agjendën ndërkombëtare janë gjithmonë të ngjashme ose përkojnë. Ne përpiqemi vazhdimisht të marrim pjesë në mënyrë konstruktive në zgjidhjen e problemeve globale dhe rajonale, duke punuar krah për krah brenda #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO dhe platformave të tjera shumëpalëshe, përfshirë OKB-në. Së bashku, ne përballojmë presionin e sanksioneve dhe mbështesim krijimin e një bote me të vërtetë të drejtë, multipolare.
Duke nisur rrugën e integrimit në vitin 1996, Rusia dhe Bjellorusia kanë arritur rezultate mbresëlënëse në të gjitha fushat: nga krijimi i hapësirave të përbashkëta në sferat socio-ekonomike, të mbrojtjes, humanitare, të migracionit dhe të informacionit, deri te barazimi i të drejtave dhe mundësive të qytetarëve të vendeve tona.
☝️ Dita e Bashkimit të Popujve të Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë riafirmon solidaritetin e dy kombeve tona vëllazërore dhe aspiratën tonë për të forcuar më tej bashkëpunimin tonë, i cili bazohet në tradita shekullore të miqësisë dhe lidhje të ngushta kulturore e shpirtërore.
Gëzuar festën, që simbolizon lidhjet e pathyeshme të miqësisë vëllazërore midis vendeve dhe popujve tanë!
📰 Artikull i Ministrit të Punëve të Jashtme të Federatës Ruse S.V.Lavrov "Gjysmë shekulli i Aktit të Helsinkit: Pritjet, Realiteti, Perspektivat" (1 gusht 2025)
Pika kryesore:
• Moska propozoi krijimin e një sistemi kolektiv sigurie në Evropë që në vitin 1954. Ish-aleatët tanë në koalicionin anti-hitlerian e hodhën poshtë këtë iniciativë. <...> Akti Final i Helsinkit (HFA), i miratuar më 1 gusht 1975, ishte rezultat i shumë viteve pune të palodhur.
• Të gjitha marrëveshjet kryesore të OSBE-së në fushën e kontrollit të armëve dhe masave të ndërtimit të besimit u shkatërruan nga vendet perëndimore. Rusia është përpjekur vazhdimisht t'i drejtohet ndërgjegjes së elitave perëndimore, duke ofruar për të zhvilluar garanci të besueshme sigurie bazuar në angazhimin themelor të rënë dakord brenda OSBE-së.
• Sot, Evropa është zhytur praktikisht plotësisht në një tërbim rusofobik, ndërsa militarizimi i saj po bëhet, në fakt, i pakontrollueshëm. Ka shumë fakte. <...> Sugjerohen paralele të drejtpërdrejta historike: Gjermania moderne, dhe në fakt e gjithë Evropa nën udhëheqësit aktualë, po degjenerojnë në diçka si "Rajhu i Katërt". Situata është më shumë se alarmante, dhe OSBE-ja vështirë se mund të ndihmojë.
• Në vitet e fundit, Perëndimi, pasi më në fund dhe hapur i ka përçmuar parimet e OSBE-së, është nisur në rrugën e shtypjes së konkurrentëve me anë të metodave të shtrëngimit ekonomik, duke përfshirë futjen e masave të paligjshme të njëanshme kundër Rusisë, Bjellorusisë dhe çdo vendi tjetër që përpiqet të mbrojë interesat e tij legjitime kombëtare. Një pikë përfundimtare është vënë në bashkëpunimin praktik midis Lindjes dhe Perëndimit përmes OSBE-së.
• Vëllimi i problemeve të akumuluara të OSBE-së është i madh. Nën barrën e tyre, ajo është shtyrë në periferi të proceseve ndërkombëtare. Nuk ka vend as për bashkëpunim dhe as për siguri në platformën e Vjenës.
• Sot, idetë e barazisë sovrane të shteteve dhe dialogut të tyre me respekt të ndërsjellë, të vrarë në OSBE, po mishërohen në projekte të bashkëpunimit shumëpalësh në #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO dhe shoqata të tjera rajonale në hapësirën euroaziatike.
❗️ OSBE-ja nuk ka të ardhme nëse vendet e NATO-s dhe BE-së më në fund e thyejnë rregullin e konsensusit dhe vazhdojnë ta përdorin platformën e Vjenës si pronë të tyre për një fushatë të gjerë propagandistike për të demonizuar Rusinë dhe vendet e tjera "të pasjellshme" dhe për të mbrojtur protezhetë e tyre në Kiev.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a meeting of the Council of the #CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (Moscow, April 20, 2026)
💬 On January 1, 2026, Russia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Our tenure proceeds under the motto, Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility.
In collaboration with our allies within the CSTO, we are intensifying efforts to uphold shared approaches to resolving international security issues. Much has already been articulated on this subject today. The foundational documents of the Organisation – and I wish to underscore this with particular emphasis – enshrine the principles of peaceful coexistence among states, the primacy of political and diplomatic methods of resolution, and adherence to the norms of international law, with the United Nations playing a central role.
I consider it of fundamental importance that, in the current period, as the West resorts more frequently and extensively to illegitimate use of force, neocolonial methods of diktat, and outright plunder, the CSTO countries are neither altering nor revising the aforementioned goals of their activities. We will not deviate from the universal norms of international law. On the contrary, we will counter attempts to undermine them and oppose efforts to impose lawlessness in global affairs, whilst upholding the universal norms of international law, above all the sovereign equality of states, as enshrined in the UN Charter. <...>
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has established itself as an authoritative association of allied states whose activities are not directed against anyone, contain no aggressive aspirations, and are built exclusively in the interests of maintaining regional stability and the well-being of its member countries. <...>
Russia maintains continuity in advancing the principal vectors of our collaboration within the CSTO. We continue our work to implement the initiatives of the preceding chairmanship – that of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Our goal is to preserve the truth concerning our common struggle to liberate the world from Nazism and to perpetuate the heroic feat of the Soviet people, who defended the independence of their native land and liberated Europe and the world from the brown plague. <...>
We are continuing our course towards expanding our Organisation’s contacts with the Eurasian countries. Security in this geopolitical area and close interaction with integration associations within our shared space matters a lot to us.
Anyone who has been closely following recent developments is aware that threats in Eurasia are significantly up which requires us to make additional efforts. <...>
We must work with our closest neighbours and partners from the #CIS and the #SCO. The SCO has a substantial programme aimed at strengthening stability and security. Recently, the secretaries-general of the CSTO, the CIS, and the SCO approved a roadmap that provides for, among other things, holding joint conferences on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan in Moscow. <...>
We attach great importance to strengthening the Organisation’s military component. The programme of our chairmanship which was presented by President Putin places emphasis on increasing the combat potential of the CSTO’s collective forces and equipping them with modern and interoperable weapons and military equipment. <...>
We will pay special attention to the Organisation’s peacekeeping forces, including refining the regulatory framework governing CSTO participation in UN peacekeeping operations. <...>
We are likewise focusing on strengthening cooperation in international information security.
We intend to expand the toolset for jointly countering international terrorism and extremism, combatting terrorism financing, money laundering, drug trafficking, transnational organised crime, and illegal migration.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 On July 1, Russia assumed the UN Security CouncilPresidency, which, pursuant to the UN Charter, bears the primary responsibility for finding effective responses to threats to international peace and security.
Three central events have been planned during the Russian presidency:
🗓July 16 – open ministerial-level debate on multilateral cooperation for a more just, democratic and sustainable world order.
🗓July 17 – open ministerial-level debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.
🗓July 19 – debate in the Security Council on UN cooperation with the #CSTO, the #CIS and the #SCO.
The first two events will be chairedby Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
In general, the Council has a very busy agenda. The mandate-reporting cycle will include meetings on the situation in Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Africa and the Sahel region, Yemen, Cyprus, Colombia, Lebanon and Syria, as well as on the activities of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
The mandates of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement and the Security Council sanctions regime against the Central African Republic are scheduled for renewal.
The agenda also includes discussions on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2720 on the humanitarian mechanism for the Gaza Strip to be attended by the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag.
🇷🇺 The Russian Federation as a permanent member of the Security Council and a responsible participant in the international community, will traditionally make every effort to ensure a coherent and expeditious work of this agency. In this connection, Russia will urge its colleagues in the Security Council to seek common denominators, given due account of the interests of all the parties concerned.
🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a meeting of the Council of the #CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (Moscow, April 20, 2026)
💬 On January 1, 2026, Russia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Our tenure proceeds under the motto, Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility.
In collaboration with our allies within the CSTO, we are intensifying efforts to uphold shared approaches to resolving international security issues. Much has already been articulated on this subject today. The foundational documents of the Organisation – and I wish to underscore this with particular emphasis – enshrine the principles of peaceful coexistence among states, the primacy of political and diplomatic methods of resolution, and adherence to the norms of international law, with the United Nations playing a central role.
I consider it of fundamental importance that, in the current period, as the West resorts more frequently and extensively to illegitimate use of force, neocolonial methods of diktat, and outright plunder, the CSTO countries are neither altering nor revising the aforementioned goals of their activities. We will not deviate from the universal norms of international law. On the contrary, we will counter attempts to undermine them and oppose efforts to impose lawlessness in global affairs, whilst upholding the universal norms of international law, above all the sovereign equality of states, as enshrined in the UN Charter. <...>
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has established itself as an authoritative association of allied states whose activities are not directed against anyone, contain no aggressive aspirations, and are built exclusively in the interests of maintaining regional stability and the well-being of its member countries. <...>
Russia maintains continuity in advancing the principal vectors of our collaboration within the CSTO. We continue our work to implement the initiatives of the preceding chairmanship – that of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Our goal is to preserve the truth concerning our common struggle to liberate the world from Nazism and to perpetuate the heroic feat of the Soviet people, who defended the independence of their native land and liberated Europe and the world from the brown plague. <...>
We are continuing our course towards expanding our Organisation’s contacts with the Eurasian countries. Security in this geopolitical area and close interaction with integration associations within our shared space matters a lot to us.
Anyone who has been closely following recent developments is aware that threats in Eurasia are significantly up which requires us to make additional efforts. <...>
We must work with our closest neighbours and partners from the #CIS and the #SCO. The SCO has a substantial programme aimed at strengthening stability and security. Recently, the secretaries-general of the CSTO, the CIS, and the SCO approved a roadmap that provides for, among other things, holding joint conferences on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan in Moscow. <...>
We attach great importance to strengthening the Organisation’s military component. The programme of our chairmanship which was presented by President Putin places emphasis on increasing the combat potential of the CSTO’s collective forces and equipping them with modern and interoperable weapons and military equipment. <...>
We will pay special attention to the Organisation’s peacekeeping forces, including refining the regulatory framework governing CSTO participation in UN peacekeeping operations. <...>
We are likewise focusing on strengthening cooperation in international information security.
We intend to expand the toolset for jointly countering international terrorism and extremism, combatting terrorism financing, money laundering, drug trafficking, transnational organised crime, and illegal migration.
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📰세르게이 라브로프 러시아 외무장관 기고문: 「헬싱키 협정 50년: 기대와 현실, 그리고 전망」
2025년 8월 1일자 «로시이스카야 가제타» 게재
💬 2025년, 우리는 대조국전쟁과 제2차 세계대전 승전 80주년을 기념하며, 조상들이 값비싼 대가로 쟁취한 평화의 중요성을 되새기고 있습니다. 그러나 우리는 이 평화의 구조가 얼마나 깨지기 쉬운 것인지도 잊지 말아야 하며, 그 완전성은 각 국가와 민족들이 얼마나 조율된 집단행동을 할 수 있는지에 달려 있습니다.
1945년 승리의 해에 주요국들은 인류의 미래를 위해서는 분열을 극복해야 한다는 것을 깨달았습니다. 그러한 깨달음의 중요한 결과 중 하나가 유엔의 창설이었습니다. 유엔 헌장의 목적과 원칙은 오늘날에도 여전히 시의성을 가지며, 새롭게 나타나는 다극주의의 현실에 부합합니다.
우리가 떠올릴 수 있는 또 하나의 국제적 사건은 정확히 50년 전 있었던 헬싱키에서의 유럽안보협력회의(CSCE) 최종의정서 서명입니다. 이 문서는 얄타-포츠담 합의에 기반한 전후 현실을 공고히 하는 중요한 이정표가 되었습니다.
☝️ 러시아의 적대자들은 헬싱키 프로세스에서 우리나라(당시 소련)의 주도적 역할에 대해 침묵하고, 소련 지도부가 설정했던 과업들을 왜곡하려고 합니다. 근거도 없이 단정적으로 우리를 유럽 안보 체제의 파괴자로 몰고 있습니다. 유럽연합과 나토국가 정치인들은 야만적인 사실 왜곡을 거리낌 없이 일삼으면서 제2차 세계대전의 결과를 수정하려 하고 있습니다.
주요 논점:
• 러시아는 이미 1954년에 유럽 내 집단안보 체제 구성을 제안했지만 당시 반히틀러 연합 동맹국들은 이 제안을 거부했습니다. 헬싱키 협정은 수년에 걸친 치열한 노력의 결과였습니다.
• 군비통제 및 신뢰강화 조치와 관련하여 OSCE 체제 하에서 체결된 모든 주요 합의는 서방 국가들에 의해 망가졌습니다. 러시아는 여러 차례 서방 엘리트의 양심에 호소하며 OSCE에서 합의된 기본 의무를 기반으로 신뢰할 수 있는 안보 보장안을 도출할 것을 제안해 왔습니다.
• 현재 유럽은 사실상 완전히 반러 광기에 빠져 있으며, 유럽의 군사화는 본질적으로 통제 불가능한 수준에 이르렀습니다. 증거는 충분합니다. <…> 지금의 독일, 나아가 유럽 전체는 현 정부 하에서 ‘제4제국’과 같은 형태로 전락하며 역사적 평행선을 달리고 있습니다. 상황은 매우 심각하고, OSCE는 무력합니다.
• 최근 몇 년간 서방은 OSCE의 원칙을 노골적으로 무시하면서 러시아와 벨라루스, 그리고 자국의 합법적 국가 이익을 지키려는 다른 모든 국가들에 대한 일방적 불법 제재를 도입하는 등 경제적 강압 조치로 경쟁자들을 억압하기 시작했습니다. OSCE를 통한 실질적 동서 협력은 완전히 중단되었습니다.
• OSCE는 산적한 문제들을 안고 있습니다. 그 무게에 짓눌려 이 기구는 국제적 프로세스에서 변방으로 밀려났습니다. 빈에는 더 이상 협력도, 안보도 존재하지 않습니다. 헬싱키 협정의 구상자들이 기대했던 범유럽 프로세스의 미래는 이런 모습이 아니었습니다. 이 기구의 존재 가치에 대해 진지하게 고민해야 할 시점입니다.
• 오늘날 OSCE에서 사라진 국가간 주권 평등과 상호 존중 대화의 이념은 #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO 및 기타 유라시아 지역 기구들을 통해 구현되고 있습니다.
❗️러시아는 현대적 도전에 발맞춰 유라시아 내 유연하고 안정적인 ‘평등하고 불가분한 안보 및 협력 구조’ 형성을 전략적 목표로 삼고 있습니다.
• NATO 및 EU 국가들이 끝내 컨센서스 원칙을 파괴하고 빈 회의장을 마치 개인 사유물처럼 사용하며 러시아 및 ‘불복종 국가들’을 악마화하고 키예프 정권을 옹호하는 선전 캠페인을 계속하는 한, OSCE에는 미래가 없습니다.
🇷🇺🇰🇿 On April 30 in Astana, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovwas received by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The Sides praised the consistent development of Russia-Kazakhstan relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance, including large-scale trade, economic and investment cooperation, close and effective coordination within Eurasian integration associations, as well as identical or similar positions on major regional and international issues.
They reaffirmed their mutual commitment to further active joint work to advance the entire range of bilateral ties, including deeper interstate dialogue at the highest and high levels.
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Sergey Lavrovheld talks with Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev.
👉Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks
The Foreign Ministers had a substantive discussion on a wide range of issues related to expanding Russia-Kazakhstan relations in the political, trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian, educational and other spheres.
They reviewed the progress in implementing key agreements reached by the Leaders of the two countries.
The Ministers paid special attention to cooperation within common integration associations in the Eurasian space – the #EAEU, #CSTO, #CIS and #SCO – as well as the International Organisation for the Russian Language, recently established at Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's initiative, and other multilateral platforms, primarily the UN.
The Sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepening trust-based political dialogue and promptly coordinating positions on key regional and international issues.
During the talks, Minister Lavrov briefed the Kazakhstani Side in detail on Russia’s approaches to resolving the crisis around Ukraine.
✍️The Action Plan for Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2027-2028 was signed.
👉Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the joint news conference following the talks
The talks were held in a traditionally warm and friendly atmosphere.
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🎙Remarks by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev(Astana, 30 April 2026)
💬Sergey Lavrov: I would like to thank our Kazakhstani friends for their traditionally warm welcome, hospitality and excellent organisation of the work. Yermek Kosherbayev and I held extensive talks. As always, they took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere and proved useful.
Today, we thoroughly reviewed the current state and prospects of our multifaceted and mutually beneficial cooperation. We paid particular attention to implementing the agreements reached by our Leaders, including those following President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Russia in November 2025. We discussed the schedule of upcoming contacts at the highest, high and other levels, primarily the planned state visit of President Vladimir Putin to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
☝️We also highly value the close cooperation between our Foreign Ministries.
We share the view that the Inter-MFA Cooperation Plan for 2027-2028, just signed in your presence, will help further strengthen this interaction.
We also discussed key regional and international issues in a spirit of friendship and alliance.
We highly value our cooperation within integration mechanisms – the #EAEU, #CSTO, #CIS and #SCO. In our common view, this cooperation remains an important factor in ensuring security and stable conditions for sustainable development across the entire Eurasian space.
In this context, we are interested in further advancing Kazakhstan’s initiative within the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
Another important area of joint work is the Caspian Sea. We are compelled to state that the unprovoked armed aggression by the US and Israel against Iran has had the most negative impact on the Caspian Sea and its coastline, which must remain a zone of peace and cooperation. The strike by the anti-Iranian coalition on March 18 against the infrastructure of the Anzali seaport – which serves the trade and logistics interests of all five Caspian littoral states – was inadmissible and unacceptable.
Speaking of the Middle East, we believe it is important not to lose sight of developments in Lebanon and, especially, the deadlock over the establishment of a Palestinian State, which currently shows no clear way forward.
We also touched upon the situation in and around Ukraine. We are grateful to our Kazakhstani partners for their understanding and balanced assessment of the developments there. We know that these assessments are regularly voiced at various international events, including by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The key point remains that a just and lasting settlement is impossible without addressing the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis. We remain interested in resuming the negotiating process on the basis of the existing Russian-US understandings.
Yesterday, during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed this position. We expect the understandings reached in Alaska to be implemented.
🤝 I believe we can express mutual satisfaction with the results of today’s conversation. We will continue to maintain the closest possible contacts going forward.
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🇺🇳 The Russian Federation completed its Presidency in the United Nations Security Council on July 31. Its packed agenda revolved around three central events, with the first two of them attended by FM Sergey Lavrov.
On July 16, we held a high-level open debate titled “Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order,” which reaffirmed the need to hold detailed discussions dealing with the underpinnings of the emerging multipolar world order, the objective to reinforce a UN-centred system of international relations, as well as the need to carry out a comprehensive review of the root causes of present-day conflicts and to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome them. The fact that the Global Majority tends to distrust the infamous Western concept of a rules-based world order was also mentioned during the debate.
On July 17, the Security Council held a quarterly ministerial-level debate on the agenda item titled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” During this meeting, participants discussed the situation in the region with all its tension, while placing a special emphasis on the escalating violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict zone for finding ways out of this unprecedented crisis. In addition to this, the UNSC held separate meetings on July 26 and 31 on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the assassination of the Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
On July 19, the UNSC held a debate (https://russiaun.ru/en/news/190724_vershininunsc) titled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO).” In his remarks, Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin stressed the importance for the UN to work closer with constructive regional organisations. <...>
In addition to this, Russia’s UNSC Presidency included all the events as part of the mandate-reporting cycle.
👉 The Middle East bloc included meetings on Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
👉 The African agenda covered discussions of the situation in West Africa, the Sahara and Sahel region, and the DR Congo.
👉 The council also touched upon peacebuilding efforts in Columbia and the start of deploying the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.
👉 We exchanged views on the activities of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and the Cyprus settlement.
❗️The Ukraine crisis remained high on the agenda. On July 9, Western countries convened a Security Council meeting in connection with the tragic incident involving a children’s hospital in Kiev. During the debate, the Russian delegation refuted accusations by its opponents and shared evidence demonstrating that the Ukrainian air defence systems were to blame for the incident. On July 25, Russia initiated a UNSC meeting to discuss the unrelenting flow of Western weapons into Ukraine, which delays a settlement in this conflict and leads to more victims.
The Security Council adopted four resolutions in July:
✅ on focusing the CAR arms embargo on illegal armed groups;
✅ extending the mandates for the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement and the UN Integrated Office in Haiti;
✅ regarding the UN Focal Point on delisting-related matters and re-establishing the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on General UNSC Sanctions Issues.
🇺🇳 Russia went to great lengths to enable the Security Council to be effective and responsive in its work. We encouraged our colleagues within the Council to come up with collective responses when dealing with challenges to peace and security, while seeking guidance from a holistic view of the purposes and principles set forth in the UN Charter and their inter-connected nature.