Lavrov says US publicly insults Russia regarding Syria
The United States, regarding Syria, even publicly insults Russia, accusing Moscow of “war crimes” despite the fact that the U.S. bombed Yugoslavia’s civilian targets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the documentary “I have made up my mind. Yevgeny Primakov” for Rossiya 1 television channel. “When the greatest patriot of his country, a very experienced politician, a great...
Lavrov to visit Greece on November 1-2
Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to Greece on November 1-2, meetings with that country’s leadership are planned, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a press briefing on today. “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to Greece on November 1-2,” she said. “The minister’s meetings with that country’s president, prime minister and foreign minister...
Lavrov, Kerry agree to continue consultations on Aleppo
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria by telephone on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. The conversation took place at the US side’s request. “The conversation dwelt on the situation in Syria. Sergey Lavrov drew (Kerry’s) attention to the fact that illegal armed units, who are retaining control of the eastern part of Aleppo, have responded to the...
Lavrov urges Steinmeier not to fuel tensions over Serbian Republic events
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his German counterpart Frank Walter Steinmeier by telephone on Thursday that there was no need to fuel tensions over the Serbian Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina and urged him to focus on encouraging the Bosnian sides to start a constructive dialogue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published at the Russian Foreign Ministry website after the ministers’ telephone conversation...
Lavrov says West fails to meet its commitments on Syria
The Western countries are not coping with their obligations on Syria and the UN Security Council’s urgent session was called on September 25 to distract attention from the bombing near Deir ez-Zor, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the NTV channel. Lavrov reminded that over the past week the Syrian crisis dominated the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly. A ministerial meeting of the UN...