🇷🇺🇨🇳 On May 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Foreign Ministers’ Council meeting in the state of Goa, India.
The two Ministers praised Russian-Chinese relations for the momentum they have gained against the backdrop of growing geopolitical instability.
The two officials exchanged views on the current state of and prospects for developing the #SCO, welcoming the collective efforts by its member states to ensure peace and security in Eurasia. They also mentioned the SCO’s growing prestige in international affairs and its key role in the regional security architecture.
During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang reaffirmed their mutual commitment to stepping up coordination efforts within the #UN, the #SCO, #BRICS, #RIC, #G20 and other key international organisations and dialogue mechanisms. They discussed several hot topics, including efforts to promote a peace settlement in the Ukraine crisis.
The meeting also included a confidential exchange of views on the latest international matters with a focus on the developments in the Asia-Pacific Region considering the fact that extra-regional actors have been increasingly active in seeking to set up various exclusive blocs and formats that undermine the ASEAN-centric security and stability framework in the region.
The two Ministers share the view that modern neo-colonialist practices are unacceptable and have a destructive effect on most countries around the world and international relations in general.
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#RussiaChina
The two Ministers praised Russian-Chinese relations for the momentum they have gained against the backdrop of growing geopolitical instability.
The two officials exchanged views on the current state of and prospects for developing the #SCO, welcoming the collective efforts by its member states to ensure peace and security in Eurasia. They also mentioned the SCO’s growing prestige in international affairs and its key role in the regional security architecture.
During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang reaffirmed their mutual commitment to stepping up coordination efforts within the #UN, the #SCO, #BRICS, #RIC, #G20 and other key international organisations and dialogue mechanisms. They discussed several hot topics, including efforts to promote a peace settlement in the Ukraine crisis.
The meeting also included a confidential exchange of views on the latest international matters with a focus on the developments in the Asia-Pacific Region considering the fact that extra-regional actors have been increasingly active in seeking to set up various exclusive blocs and formats that undermine the ASEAN-centric security and stability framework in the region.
The two Ministers share the view that modern neo-colonialist practices are unacceptable and have a destructive effect on most countries around the world and international relations in general.
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#RussiaChina
📰 Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolai Patrushev’s interview with Izvestia (May 3, 2023)
▫️ Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Washington and London decided that this was their chance to set up a unipolar world. The Anglo-Saxons are not giving up on this idea even now.
▫️ The West believes that destroying Russia or relegating it to a third-rate country governed by an external administration, would serve to alter the international order. However, their desires overlook the strength of our state and the will of the people of Russia to remain independent.
▫️ There are many irrefutable facts showing how representatives of the Anglo-Saxon elite shared fascist ideas, provided financial and organisational support to Hitler, and now they have to save their democratic face. <...> Nevertheless, the Anglo-Saxons are eagerly reinstating neo-Nazi ideology to accomplish their modern geopolitical objectives.
▫️ The Americans do not know what war is all about in principle. The last engagements on their soil and continent ended back in 1865. Therefore, their elite feel at ease talking about the need to produce more arms, inflict a military defeat on Russia, prepare for new wars, etc.
▫️ Today’s European politics is in a profound moral and intellectual crisis. A blatant case in point is the Munich Security Conference, to which the Western politicians came simply to read to each other State Department’s guidelines.
▫️ Western secret services are training terrorists and saboteurs to commit crimes in Russia. They hope to instill fear in the population and undermine the nation’s constitutional foundations.
▫️ Americans need Ukraine only for unrestrained exploitation of its natural resources without its historical population. Now the White House is ready to continue the war with Russia until the last Ukrainian but preserving Ukraine as a state is not part of its plan.
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▫️ Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Washington and London decided that this was their chance to set up a unipolar world. The Anglo-Saxons are not giving up on this idea even now.
▫️ The West believes that destroying Russia or relegating it to a third-rate country governed by an external administration, would serve to alter the international order. However, their desires overlook the strength of our state and the will of the people of Russia to remain independent.
▫️ There are many irrefutable facts showing how representatives of the Anglo-Saxon elite shared fascist ideas, provided financial and organisational support to Hitler, and now they have to save their democratic face. <...> Nevertheless, the Anglo-Saxons are eagerly reinstating neo-Nazi ideology to accomplish their modern geopolitical objectives.
▫️ The Americans do not know what war is all about in principle. The last engagements on their soil and continent ended back in 1865. Therefore, their elite feel at ease talking about the need to produce more arms, inflict a military defeat on Russia, prepare for new wars, etc.
▫️ Today’s European politics is in a profound moral and intellectual crisis. A blatant case in point is the Munich Security Conference, to which the Western politicians came simply to read to each other State Department’s guidelines.
▫️ Western secret services are training terrorists and saboteurs to commit crimes in Russia. They hope to instill fear in the population and undermine the nation’s constitutional foundations.
▫️ Americans need Ukraine only for unrestrained exploitation of its natural resources without its historical population. Now the White House is ready to continue the war with Russia until the last Ukrainian but preserving Ukraine as a state is not part of its plan.
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🇷🇺🇵🇰 On May 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of the meeting of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Goa, India.
They discussed the current state of Russian-Pakistani relations, regional and international affairs, and exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan.
The Ministers praised Russia and Pakistan's interaction on the global stage, including at high-profile multilateral platforms such as the #UN and the #SCO.
🤝 The officials agreed to further expand contacts between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
#RussiaPakistan
They discussed the current state of Russian-Pakistani relations, regional and international affairs, and exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan.
The Ministers praised Russia and Pakistan's interaction on the global stage, including at high-profile multilateral platforms such as the #UN and the #SCO.
🤝 The officials agreed to further expand contacts between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
#RussiaPakistan
Russian MFA 🇷🇺
⚡️ Last night, the Kiev regime attempted a drone strike against the residence of the President of the Russian Federation at the Kremlin. Two unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the Kremlin. Timely action by the military and special services involving radar…
🇷🇺🇻🇪📞 President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.
Nicolas Maduro resolutely condemned the Kiev regime’s attempt to attack the Kremlin with drones, and expressed solidarity and support for Russia on behalf of the people of Venezuela.
During the telephone conversation, the presidents also discussed important issues of further promoting bilateral strategic partnership, including the implementation of joint trade, economic, energy and humanitarian projects.
#RussiaVenezuela
Nicolas Maduro resolutely condemned the Kiev regime’s attempt to attack the Kremlin with drones, and expressed solidarity and support for Russia on behalf of the people of Venezuela.
During the telephone conversation, the presidents also discussed important issues of further promoting bilateral strategic partnership, including the implementation of joint trade, economic, energy and humanitarian projects.
#RussiaVenezuela
#FamilyPhoto
📸 Heads of delegations take part in the traditional Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting.
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
📸 Heads of delegations take part in the traditional Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting.
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article for Russia in Global Affairs magazine (May 5, 2023)
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Key talking points:
• The UN-centric system is undergoing a deep crisis, the root cause of which was brought on by the decision of certain UN members to replace international law and the UN Charter with some “rules-based international order”. <...> Its masterminds haughtily reject the key principle underlying the UN Charter, which is the sovereign equality of states.
• Since World War II, Washington has pulled off dozens of reckless criminal military operations without even trying to secure multilateral legitimacy. Why bother when your “rules” are unbeknownst to everyone.
• Everyone is aware of it, even though not everyone is talking about it openly: the real issue is not about Ukraine, but rather about the future of international relations. Will they be forged on a sustainable consensus, one based on the balance of interests? Or will they be reduced to an aggressive and explosive advancement of hegemony? The Ukraine issue cannot be considered outside its geopolitical context.
• There should be no double standards. Multilateralism and democracy should enjoy respect both within the member countries and in their relations with one another.
• At this juncture, genuine multilateralism requires that the UN adapt to objective developments in the process of forming a multipolar architecture of international relations. It is imperative to expedite Security Council reform by expanding the representation of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• It is our common duty to preserve the United Nations as the hard-won epitome of multilateralism and coordination of international politics. The key to success lies in working together, renouncing claims on exceptionalism and – I reiterate – showing respect for the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up for when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
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Key talking points:
• The UN-centric system is undergoing a deep crisis, the root cause of which was brought on by the decision of certain UN members to replace international law and the UN Charter with some “rules-based international order”. <...> Its masterminds haughtily reject the key principle underlying the UN Charter, which is the sovereign equality of states.
• Since World War II, Washington has pulled off dozens of reckless criminal military operations without even trying to secure multilateral legitimacy. Why bother when your “rules” are unbeknownst to everyone.
• Everyone is aware of it, even though not everyone is talking about it openly: the real issue is not about Ukraine, but rather about the future of international relations. Will they be forged on a sustainable consensus, one based on the balance of interests? Or will they be reduced to an aggressive and explosive advancement of hegemony? The Ukraine issue cannot be considered outside its geopolitical context.
• There should be no double standards. Multilateralism and democracy should enjoy respect both within the member countries and in their relations with one another.
• At this juncture, genuine multilateralism requires that the UN adapt to objective developments in the process of forming a multipolar architecture of international relations. It is imperative to expedite Security Council reform by expanding the representation of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• It is our common duty to preserve the United Nations as the hard-won epitome of multilateralism and coordination of international politics. The key to success lies in working together, renouncing claims on exceptionalism and – I reiterate – showing respect for the sovereign equality of states. This is what we all signed up for when we ratified the UN Charter.
#UNCharterIsOurRules
🔴 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov holds a news conference following the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202305051631-LIVE14204
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
📍 Panaji (Goa), May 5, 2023
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202305051631-LIVE14204
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/
🇷🇺🇺🇳 Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on cooperation of the United Nations with regional and sub-regional organizations (OSCE) (4 May 2023)
❗️Lasting systemic and consistent actions of the US and its allies that were aimed at creating a Russophobic nationalist and neo-Nazi formation on our borders, provoked a profound crisis of the international relations system.
Even if Washington, London and Brussels keep crying rabidly about alleged “unprovoked Russian aggression”, the true reasons of tectonic shifts that we are witnessing are clear to even a minimally knowledgeable observer.
Aside from the anti-constitutional coup in Kiev in 2014 and 8 years of indulgence of the crimes of the Kiev regime against the peaceful population of southern and eastern Ukraine, it is also the defiance of the principle of indivisible security by the collective West for the sake of NATO’s expansion.
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☝️ The question of where we are heading and what the renewed system of international relations is going to look like remains open. Yet one thing is clear. The world will no longer be unipolar. Western dominance or Pax Americana is coming to an end.
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The United Nations, which is basically a stronghold of multilateralism, remains a highly demanded platform for dialogue and global cooperation even despite preponderance of the West in its mechanisms and desperate attempts of Western states to impose on everyone their Russophobic agenda. The Council of Europe, however, was not able to withstand this pressure. Having turned into a spineless appensix to NATO and the European Union that obediently endorses any their decision, the CoE is on its way down to a political non-existence.
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❗️Lasting systemic and consistent actions of the US and its allies that were aimed at creating a Russophobic nationalist and neo-Nazi formation on our borders, provoked a profound crisis of the international relations system.
Even if Washington, London and Brussels keep crying rabidly about alleged “unprovoked Russian aggression”, the true reasons of tectonic shifts that we are witnessing are clear to even a minimally knowledgeable observer.
Aside from the anti-constitutional coup in Kiev in 2014 and 8 years of indulgence of the crimes of the Kiev regime against the peaceful population of southern and eastern Ukraine, it is also the defiance of the principle of indivisible security by the collective West for the sake of NATO’s expansion.
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☝️ The question of where we are heading and what the renewed system of international relations is going to look like remains open. Yet one thing is clear. The world will no longer be unipolar. Western dominance or Pax Americana is coming to an end.
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The United Nations, which is basically a stronghold of multilateralism, remains a highly demanded platform for dialogue and global cooperation even despite preponderance of the West in its mechanisms and desperate attempts of Western states to impose on everyone their Russophobic agenda. The Council of Europe, however, was not able to withstand this pressure. Having turned into a spineless appensix to NATO and the European Union that obediently endorses any their decision, the CoE is on its way down to a political non-existence.
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#Eurasia4You
🗓 On May 24-25 in Moscow the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum will be held.
The Forum is held within the Russian Federation's 🇷🇺 chairmanship in the Eurasian Economic Union’s governing bodies in 2023.
The goal of the Forum is to improve cooperation on the Eurasian continent. The key areas of discussion on the business programme will be issues concerning integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union that are of most relevance to business, including those of particular interest to the Russian Federation.
❗️ The 2023 edition of the Eurasian Economic Forum will take place under the theme of ‘Eurasian Integration in a Multipolar World’. The plenary session will be the Forum's key event. A total of about 35 business sessions will take place within the EEF-2023, which will be divided into seven thematic tracks.
The Eurasian Economic Forum will host on its sidelines the Green Eurasia International Climate Competition, the Business Breakfast of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to discuss new opportunities for international cooperation in Eurasia, and the Business Breakfast of the EAEU-Indonesia Business Dialogue.
👨💼👩💼 Furthermore, the EAEU Business Council block program is planned to include two events: a session dedicated to business activities as a driver of the Eurasian economic integration, as well as a meeting of the Presidium of the Eurasian Economic Union's Business Council.
👉 Apply for participation
🗓 On May 24-25 in Moscow the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum will be held.
The Forum is held within the Russian Federation's 🇷🇺 chairmanship in the Eurasian Economic Union’s governing bodies in 2023.
The goal of the Forum is to improve cooperation on the Eurasian continent. The key areas of discussion on the business programme will be issues concerning integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union that are of most relevance to business, including those of particular interest to the Russian Federation.
❗️ The 2023 edition of the Eurasian Economic Forum will take place under the theme of ‘Eurasian Integration in a Multipolar World’. The plenary session will be the Forum's key event. A total of about 35 business sessions will take place within the EEF-2023, which will be divided into seven thematic tracks.
The Eurasian Economic Forum will host on its sidelines the Green Eurasia International Climate Competition, the Business Breakfast of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to discuss new opportunities for international cooperation in Eurasia, and the Business Breakfast of the EAEU-Indonesia Business Dialogue.
👨💼👩💼 Furthermore, the EAEU Business Council block program is planned to include two events: a session dedicated to business activities as a driver of the Eurasian economic integration, as well as a meeting of the Presidium of the Eurasian Economic Union's Business Council.
👉 Apply for participation
🗓 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Foreign Ministers Council, held in Panaji, state of Goa, India, on May 4 and 5.
The Foreign Ministers discussed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the #SCO Heads of State Council (HSC), which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. Among other things, they reviewed draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
🌐 The Ministers paid special attention to expanding the organisation’s membership, with Iran expected to be granted full SCO membership at the upcoming summit. Procedures to accept Belarus into the organisation have been launched and are well underway. Bahrain, Kuwait, Myanmar, the Maldives and the UAE are about to join SCO-led cooperation efforts as new dialogue partners.
The meeting included a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international matters, during which the participants were unanimous in stating the importance of deeper foreign policy coordination among SCO countries, primarily at the UN.
In the context of the combined efforts by SCO member states to counter terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime, the foreign ministers paid special attention to the situation in Afghanistan, considering the urgency of preventing the instability there from spilling over into the SCO space.
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The Foreign Ministers discussed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the #SCO Heads of State Council (HSC), which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on July 3 and 4. Among other things, they reviewed draft documents to be submitted to the heads of state.
🌐 The Ministers paid special attention to expanding the organisation’s membership, with Iran expected to be granted full SCO membership at the upcoming summit. Procedures to accept Belarus into the organisation have been launched and are well underway. Bahrain, Kuwait, Myanmar, the Maldives and the UAE are about to join SCO-led cooperation efforts as new dialogue partners.
The meeting included a detailed exchange of views on key regional and international matters, during which the participants were unanimous in stating the importance of deeper foreign policy coordination among SCO countries, primarily at the UN.
In the context of the combined efforts by SCO member states to counter terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cross-border organised crime, the foreign ministers paid special attention to the situation in Afghanistan, considering the urgency of preventing the instability there from spilling over into the SCO space.
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🎙 Comment by Special Representative of the Foreign Minister for cooperation in ensuring freedom of religion, Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich on the annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (April 2023)
💬 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a prominent institution, has released its annual report. <...> Of course, the commission placed on the top of its list countries, including Russia, where the Americans saw “particularly severe violations of religious freedom”
It must be pointed out that we have not found anything new in the accusations levelled at Russia.
☝️ Only the Russian authorities have the right to determine the extent of liability for persons who committed criminal offences and are now serving their sentences in Russian prisons. Let me reiterate that all persons mentioned in the report are serving prison time for committing specific criminal offences.
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👉 Russia does not interfere in the legislative process in the United States, even if there is no shortage of observations and reproaches that can be made in this regard.
Russians know all too well about the comfort of staying in US prisons from the accounts shared by prominent political prisoners Maria Butina and Viktor Bout after Russia succeeded in freeing them from US prisons.
Therefore, we advise the United States to start by putting things in order at home before making reproaches against the Russian penitentiary system.
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The paragraph the commission devoted to Ukraine contains hardly any criticism and is denoscriptive in its wording.
While the effort to seize the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra resonated around the world, this report does not even mention it, once again demonstrating the biased nature of this document and its propensity to criticise countries the United States views as undesirable.
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❗️ We firmly reject the conclusions of this American commission and its assessments regarding our country for being biased and partisan.
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💬 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a prominent institution, has released its annual report. <...> Of course, the commission placed on the top of its list countries, including Russia, where the Americans saw “particularly severe violations of religious freedom”
It must be pointed out that we have not found anything new in the accusations levelled at Russia.
☝️ Only the Russian authorities have the right to determine the extent of liability for persons who committed criminal offences and are now serving their sentences in Russian prisons. Let me reiterate that all persons mentioned in the report are serving prison time for committing specific criminal offences.
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👉 Russia does not interfere in the legislative process in the United States, even if there is no shortage of observations and reproaches that can be made in this regard.
Russians know all too well about the comfort of staying in US prisons from the accounts shared by prominent political prisoners Maria Butina and Viktor Bout after Russia succeeded in freeing them from US prisons.
Therefore, we advise the United States to start by putting things in order at home before making reproaches against the Russian penitentiary system.
<...>
The paragraph the commission devoted to Ukraine contains hardly any criticism and is denoscriptive in its wording.
While the effort to seize the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra resonated around the world, this report does not even mention it, once again demonstrating the biased nature of this document and its propensity to criticise countries the United States views as undesirable.
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❗️ We firmly reject the conclusions of this American commission and its assessments regarding our country for being biased and partisan.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, May 3, 2023)
🔷 Meeting of the #SCO Foreign Ministers Council
🔷 #Sudan
🔷 #UkraineCrisis
🔷 #NordStream
🔷 Mass riots during Labour Day celebrations in France on May 1, 2023
🔷 Russian film festival in Laos
🔷 The Russian Language Centre in the Republic of Cameroon #RussiaCameroon
🔷 International sport cooperation
And much more...
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Talking points:
#Ukraine #Terrorism
Stripping people of their basic right - the right to life - the Kiev regime continues to shell peaceful Russian cities.
Donetsk, which suffered the most during nine years of Kiev's aggression against the Russian-speaking people of Donbass, is seriously affected by the bombing attacks. There are daily reports about the Armed Forces of Ukraine killing children, women, and elderly people. This in no way diminishes the value of the lives or detracts from the loss of lives of men who are defending Donbass.
The developments in Ukraine once again show the timeliness of the special military operation, which, as the Russian leadership has said, will continue and its goals and objectives will be fulfilled.
#France #PoliceBrutality
I have no intention of interfering in the domestic affairs of France. I will emphasise for the second time that this is not in the tradition of Russian diplomacy. I am just wondering how justified Paris’s regular lectures to various sovereign states are amid such an acute socio-political confrontation and an actual split in French society.
I am not talking about Russia alone although the Elysee Palace is constantly trying to teach us something in public, on social media or at the platforms of international agencies. Every state goes through its own path of development. This is a historical process. It overcomes crises proceeding from its own national interests, traditions and peculiarities. This must evoke respect. To have respect it is necessary to understand this.
🔷 Meeting of the #SCO Foreign Ministers Council
🔷 #Sudan
🔷 #UkraineCrisis
🔷 #NordStream
🔷 Mass riots during Labour Day celebrations in France on May 1, 2023
🔷 Russian film festival in Laos
🔷 The Russian Language Centre in the Republic of Cameroon #RussiaCameroon
🔷 International sport cooperation
And much more...
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Talking points:
#Ukraine #Terrorism
Stripping people of their basic right - the right to life - the Kiev regime continues to shell peaceful Russian cities.
Donetsk, which suffered the most during nine years of Kiev's aggression against the Russian-speaking people of Donbass, is seriously affected by the bombing attacks. There are daily reports about the Armed Forces of Ukraine killing children, women, and elderly people. This in no way diminishes the value of the lives or detracts from the loss of lives of men who are defending Donbass.
The developments in Ukraine once again show the timeliness of the special military operation, which, as the Russian leadership has said, will continue and its goals and objectives will be fulfilled.
#France #PoliceBrutality
I have no intention of interfering in the domestic affairs of France. I will emphasise for the second time that this is not in the tradition of Russian diplomacy. I am just wondering how justified Paris’s regular lectures to various sovereign states are amid such an acute socio-political confrontation and an actual split in French society.
I am not talking about Russia alone although the Elysee Palace is constantly trying to teach us something in public, on social media or at the platforms of international agencies. Every state goes through its own path of development. This is a historical process. It overcomes crises proceeding from its own national interests, traditions and peculiarities. This must evoke respect. To have respect it is necessary to understand this.
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“Sometimes I feel that all those fallen soldiers,
Who never left the bloody battle zones,
Have not been buried to decay and molder,
But turned into white cranes that softly groan…”
🕯 The melody and lyrics of the immortal song "Cranes" sung by Mark Bernes are dear to every citizen of our vast country. They honor the memory of the millions of soldiers and officers who fought in the Great Patriotic War, of those who brought the precious Victory Day closer at the cost of their lives.
❗ On May 3, 2023, students of the school at the Russian Permanent Mission in Geneva held a "White crane" event. The children set a white lantern into the sky with the names of their family heroes: from ordinary privates who went to the frontlines at the age of 18 and fought through the entire war, to great-grandfathers who never returned home from the battlefields. Those, who now call out to us as cranes from the skies.
We remember. We stand proud!
#Victory78
Who never left the bloody battle zones,
Have not been buried to decay and molder,
But turned into white cranes that softly groan…”
🕯 The melody and lyrics of the immortal song "Cranes" sung by Mark Bernes are dear to every citizen of our vast country. They honor the memory of the millions of soldiers and officers who fought in the Great Patriotic War, of those who brought the precious Victory Day closer at the cost of their lives.
We remember. We stand proud!
#Victory78
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#ExploreHistory
🎬 Finding the Fallen - an RT Doc. Film
Synopsis: Seventy-five years after the end of WWII, volunteer enthusiasts continue to look for the bodies of thousands of soldiers who went missing in action. The remains of Soviet and German soldiers recovered from battlefields, woods and swamps are, when possible, identified and buried with military honours. After decades of waiting, families finally learn the fate of their loved ones and have a grave to visit, thanks to those who believe that “No one’s forgotten. Nothing’s forgotten”.
👉 Watch the full film by RT Documentary
#UnabridgedTruth #WWII
#TheyForgotButWeRemember #LeastWeForget
🎬 Finding the Fallen - an RT Doc. Film
Synopsis: Seventy-five years after the end of WWII, volunteer enthusiasts continue to look for the bodies of thousands of soldiers who went missing in action. The remains of Soviet and German soldiers recovered from battlefields, woods and swamps are, when possible, identified and buried with military honours. After decades of waiting, families finally learn the fate of their loved ones and have a grave to visit, thanks to those who believe that “No one’s forgotten. Nothing’s forgotten”.
👉 Watch the full film by RT Documentary
#UnabridgedTruth #WWII
#TheyForgotButWeRemember #LeastWeForget
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting (Panaji, May 5, 2023)
#SCO
We have a common vision of problems persisting in the international arena. Our shared desire is to coordinate our actions at the #UN and on the Eurasian continent with such organisations as the #EAEU and #ASEAN, and more globally, to cooperate with the #BRICS countries.
Our colleagues from Central Asia are interested in promoting cooperation on information security and the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking in the SCO space. We think it is important to establish relevant divisions and let them be coordinated by the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure.
There is an understanding that the role of national currencies in settlements between SCO members should be increased. Practices currently taking shape within the Eurasian Development Bank, the Asian Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the BRICS New Development Bank could be used for this purpose.
#Afghanistan
Today, we came to terms on reaffirming the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group. This group exists, although it has been some time since it met. One of the reasons is the Taliban’s status. Thus far, it is not recognised “de jure.” We are expecting the Taliban leaders to fulfill their promises on forming an inclusive government not only in terms of ethnic groups but also by ensuring the presence of the entire spectrum of Afghanistan’s political forces. This has yet to be done.
There is convincing evidence to the effect that the US supports the terrorist groups entrenched in the territory of Afghanistan that are opposed to the Taliban, including the Islamic State, the Islamic Movement of East Turkestan, and Al-Qaeda. The Americans have not abandoned their attempts to reintroduce US military infrastructure in the region surrounding Afghanistan, in Central Asia.
Everyone is well aware of the serious threat inherent in these attempts. We will resolutely oppose them.
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#SCO
We have a common vision of problems persisting in the international arena. Our shared desire is to coordinate our actions at the #UN and on the Eurasian continent with such organisations as the #EAEU and #ASEAN, and more globally, to cooperate with the #BRICS countries.
Our colleagues from Central Asia are interested in promoting cooperation on information security and the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking in the SCO space. We think it is important to establish relevant divisions and let them be coordinated by the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure.
There is an understanding that the role of national currencies in settlements between SCO members should be increased. Practices currently taking shape within the Eurasian Development Bank, the Asian Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the BRICS New Development Bank could be used for this purpose.
#Afghanistan
Today, we came to terms on reaffirming the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group. This group exists, although it has been some time since it met. One of the reasons is the Taliban’s status. Thus far, it is not recognised “de jure.” We are expecting the Taliban leaders to fulfill their promises on forming an inclusive government not only in terms of ethnic groups but also by ensuring the presence of the entire spectrum of Afghanistan’s political forces. This has yet to be done.
There is convincing evidence to the effect that the US supports the terrorist groups entrenched in the territory of Afghanistan that are opposed to the Taliban, including the Islamic State, the Islamic Movement of East Turkestan, and Al-Qaeda. The Americans have not abandoned their attempts to reintroduce US military infrastructure in the region surrounding Afghanistan, in Central Asia.
Everyone is well aware of the serious threat inherent in these attempts. We will resolutely oppose them.
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🎖 On May 5, the Foreign Ministry hosted a number of commemorative events devoted to the 78th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
🏵 According to the established tradition, baskets with flowers were laid near the memorial plaques at the ministry’s central building. The plaques bear the names of employees who lost their lives during the war and while performing their official duties, and who fell victim to political reprisals. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Council of Veterans, the Association of Russian Diplomats, the Council of Young Diplomats, and Foreign Ministry staff, including from its various departments.
Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin and Chairman of the Council of Veterans Valery Morozov addressed those present with welcome remarks from the ministry’s leadership. They highlighted the contribution of the ministry’s employees to the common victory and the importance of countering attempts to falsify the historical truth about World War II.
🏵 Accompanied by the ministry’s employees, representatives from the Council of Veterans laid a wreath and flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall. Deputy FM Alexander Pankin attended the ceremony.
After a three year break, the ministry’s assembly hall hosted a grand meeting at which Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov gave a speech on behalf of the ministry’s leadership. He emphasised that owing to the courage and valour of Red Army soldiers and the selfless labour of home front workers, our country crushed Hitler’s war machine and saved humanity from Nazi insanity.
“We look to the achievements of the soldiers-liberators in our current struggle for truth and justice, for a free future, and against Western attempts to weaken Russia as much as possible and inflict a strategic defeat on us,” he said.
☝️ He emphasised the efforts of veterans to preserve the best traditions of Smolensky Square and pass on their priceless professional experience to the young diplomats.
🏵 According to the established tradition, baskets with flowers were laid near the memorial plaques at the ministry’s central building. The plaques bear the names of employees who lost their lives during the war and while performing their official duties, and who fell victim to political reprisals. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Council of Veterans, the Association of Russian Diplomats, the Council of Young Diplomats, and Foreign Ministry staff, including from its various departments.
Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin and Chairman of the Council of Veterans Valery Morozov addressed those present with welcome remarks from the ministry’s leadership. They highlighted the contribution of the ministry’s employees to the common victory and the importance of countering attempts to falsify the historical truth about World War II.
🏵 Accompanied by the ministry’s employees, representatives from the Council of Veterans laid a wreath and flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall. Deputy FM Alexander Pankin attended the ceremony.
After a three year break, the ministry’s assembly hall hosted a grand meeting at which Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov gave a speech on behalf of the ministry’s leadership. He emphasised that owing to the courage and valour of Red Army soldiers and the selfless labour of home front workers, our country crushed Hitler’s war machine and saved humanity from Nazi insanity.
“We look to the achievements of the soldiers-liberators in our current struggle for truth and justice, for a free future, and against Western attempts to weaken Russia as much as possible and inflict a strategic defeat on us,” he said.
☝️ He emphasised the efforts of veterans to preserve the best traditions of Smolensky Square and pass on their priceless professional experience to the young diplomats.