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🇷🇺🇰🇿📞 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayevspoke over the phone. The leaders discussed topical issues related to cooperation in trade, the economy, energy, transport, and logistics sectors. The discussion also focused on some international matters, particularly in the context of preparations for the Council of Heads of State of the #SCO, scheduled to take place in Astana this July. The Presidents also shared assessments of recent contacts with foreign leaders. 🤝 Both leaders reaffirmed their mutual commitment to comprehensively strengthen the Russian-Kazakhstani strategic partnership and alliance. #RussiaKazakhstan

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to the 9th international conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era" (May 30, 2024) 💬 I am delighted to welcome the organisers of and participants in the 9th international conference "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era". Most recently, Russia's President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China, which definitely became the centerpiece of bilateral exchanges this year. <...> 🇷🇺🇨🇳 The bond of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China has grown unprecedentedly strong thanks to the personal efforts of both heads of state. The Beijing summit sealed the two countries’ firm commitment to further deepen and expand it. This commitment was documented in the two leaders’ joint final statement. This year, Russia and China celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. We mark this significant anniversary with achieving a new quality of relations – today, Russia and China view each other as priority partners and invariably adhere to the principles of mutually respectful, equal and trustful cooperation. We support each other with regard to key issues affecting the respective fundamental interests. <...> Strategic coordination in the international arena remains a key component of the Russian-Chinese partnership amid the growing international tensions. Our foreign policy tandem, held together by a broad commonality of interests as well as coinciding or similar approaches to key issues on the present-day agenda, plays a major stabilising role in global affairs. ☝️ The two countries are strengthening cooperation on multilateral platforms, primarily the Unite Nations and the UN Security Council, as well as #BRICS, #SCO, #G20, and #APEC. <...> The Russian-Chinese strategic tandem is gaining status, and this opens up new horizons for us in terms of stronger sovereignty, economic growth, and prosperity of both countries. Read in full

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting (Astana, May 21, 2024) Key talking points: ▪️ At a group meeting of the heads of delegations with President of Kazakhstan and during the Ministerial Council meeting (https://t.me/MFARussia/20291), we expressed our deepest condolences and solidarity with the Iranian people, as well as confidence that Tehran will continue its foreign policy, including with regard to its active participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. • The #SCO remains one of the supporting pillars of the multipolar world order. It is well positioned to become a driving force behind transforming Eurasia into a single continental space of peace, stability, mutual trust and progress. • Security can be reliably ensured only by the Eurasian countries themselves, without the intervention of extra-regional forces. We observe such attempts on the part of the United States, the European Union and NATO, which strive to assume responsibility for everything that happens in the region. • We are all aware of the importance of intensifying the work of the SCO, considering its weight and role in Eurasia, and its partners, including the OSCE, the CIS, the EAEU, and ASEAN. • Developing common approaches to ensuring Eurasian security and cooperation by the countries of this continent is a crucial goal. We underscored that the SCO could well catalyse these processes with the involvement of other partners in the region. • The SCO has two observers and 14 dialogue partners. Recently, Laos and Algeria have applied for partner status. We discussed improving the efficiency of interaction with these countries within the SCO Plus format. 🇧🇾 Starting from the July summit, Belarus will become a full-fledged SCO member. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will take part in all events of the Astana summit without exception. The Belarusian minister attended our discussion. 🇲🇳 Mongolia is the obvious next candidate for SCO membership. Read in full: http://tiny.cc/wi87yz

[English below] 🗓 20-21 мая в Астане Министр иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лавров принял участие в заседании Совета министров иностранных дел государств-членов Шанхайской организации сотрудничества (СМИД ШОС). В центре внимания были вопросы деятельности Организации в контексте подготовки заседания Совета глав государств-членов (СГГ) ШОС 3-4 июля в Астане. Обсуждены также проекты документов, которые имеется в виду представить на рассмотрение лидеров. Согласованные подходы сторон к дальнейшему развитию Организации, а также актуальным проблемам глобальной и региональной повестки дня будут отражены в Астанинской декларации. Важным шагом в укреплении ШОС станет приём Белоруссии в члены организации. Министрами одобрены проекты соответствующих решений СГГ. Согласованы предложения СМИД по комплексному совершенствованию деятельности ШОС применительно к современным геополитическим реалиям. Приняты за основу проекты лидерских заявлений, а также концептуальных документов в интересах продвижения кооперации в области энергетики, транспорта и логистики, охраны окружающей среды. В ходе обстоятельного обмена мнениями по ключевым региональным и международным проблемам Министры обсудили ситуацию в секторе Газа и в целом на Ближнем Востоке, урегулирование палестино-израильского конфликта. Особое место заняли вопросы содействия ШОС стабилизации в Афганистане, учитывая значение этого фактора для безопасности шосовского пространства. С.В.Лавров провёл также ряд двусторонних встреч. mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1952220/ **************** 🗓 On May 20-21, Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov took part in the Foreign Ministers Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member-countries. The participants focused on the organisation’s activities in the context of preparations for the meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council meeting in #Astana on July 3-4. They also discussed draft documents to be presented for the leaders’ consideration. The participants will reflect their coordinated approaches to the SCO’s further development and current global and regional issues in the Astana Declaration. The admission of Belarus will be an important step towards strengthening the #SCO. The Ministers endorsed the relevant draft decisions of the Heads of State Council. They also coordinated proposals of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council on comprehensive improvement of the organisation’s activities in the context of current geopolitical realities. They adopted draft leadership statements and conceptual documents as a foundation for promoting cooperation in energy, transport, logistics and environmental protection. During a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international issues, the Ministers discussed the situation in the #Gaza Strip and the #MiddleEast as a whole, and, in part, settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They paid special attention to the SCO’s efforts to facilitate stabilization in #Afghanistan, considering the importance of this factor for the security of the SCO space. 🤝 FM Lavrov also had a number of bilateral meetings. mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1952220/

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of China Xi Jinping made a media statement following Russia-China talks (May 16, 2024) 💬Vladimir Putin: The talks we have just finished highlighted the great significance that Moscow and Beijing attach to the development and strengthening of comprehensive Russia-China partnership and strategic interaction. This partnership can certainly set an example of ties between neighbouring states. Key talking points: • This state visit takes place in the year of the 75th Anniversary of our diplomatic relations. Our country was the first to recognise the People’s Republic of China on October 2, 1949, the day after its declaration. • I want to note the significance of the Joint Statement we have adopted, which sets new objectives and long-term directives for advancing the entire spectrum of Russian-Chinese relations. 📈 In 2023, bilateral trade surged by a quarter, reaching a new milestone of $240 billion, as reported by Chinese statistics. While there may be a slight variance in figures, the overall total is entirely accurate. <...> Currently, there are over 80 priority projects valued at approximately $200 billion in progress or in preparation for implementation through the respective intergovernmental commission. • Our talks have reaffirmed that Russia and China have similar or identical views on many international and regional issues. Both countries have an independent and sovereign foreign policy. We are working together to create a fairer and more democratic multipolar world order. • We have agreed to further improve communication between credit and banking institutions of Russia and China, while actively employing national payment systems to support our economic operators. 🤝 Russia and China are fruitfully working together in #BRICS and the #SCO. <...> Our countries are resolved to continue working to align integration processes underway within the framework of the #EAEU with China's Belt and Road Initiative. Read in full

🗓On April 26, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 hosted the 20th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (#ARSOM). 🔹️The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. AndreyRudenko🇷🇺 and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak🇰🇭. 🔹 Participants discussed ways and means of further promoting the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in political, economic and humanitarian spheres. They agreed to undertake steps to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as science and technology, energy security, education, people-to-people ties and digitalization. 🔹The meeting reiterated shared intention to jointly address challenges and threats, strengthen ASEAN-led regional security architecture in Asia-Pacific. Issues of promoting cross-platform links between #ASEAN, #EEU and #SCO were also on the agenda. 🔹️On the sidelines of the ARSOM H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko held bilateral consultations with the heads of delegations of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳. #ASEANRussia#RussiaASEAN#ARSOM