🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the RT channel (Moscow, November 15, 2023)

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#MiddleEast

• The cessation of hostilities and stopping of violence, is of huge importance to the civilians, but in historical terms, in sustainable settlement terms the second aspect of this problem, which is much more important, the creation of the Palestinian state is unavoidable.

• Of course, these days, Washington is highly ideologized. And anything coming from Russia is taken as a hostile act, hostile initiative. But on substance, in practical terms, Washington doesn't want to tie Israel's hands.

• Americans say that some pro-Iranian armed groups in Syria and Iraq are trying to attack American military sites. This is reported by the media. There is nothing new in this because these groups believe that the presence of the United States in Syria is absolutely illegal and this is a statement of fact.

#RussiaAfrica

• The most popular topic at the 2nd #RussiaAfrica Summit was that Africa does not want any longer to be a very rich continent which does not enjoy the richness it possesses, like in the colonial times, when most of the resources are being pumped raw into developed countries and then processed and sold with huge profit.

#Eurasia

• The Eurasian continent, especially the Asian part of the Eurasian continent, becomes a powerhouse of the world economy. Integration structures existing in Eurasia established close links between themselves.

• Greater Eurasian Partnership must be open to all countries and organizations situated on the Eurasian continent, leaving the door open [even] to those who believe that they are masters of the universe.

#MultipolarWorld

• The process of shaping the new world order will take time. It might be a historic era, a whole historic era.

• The reform of the United Nations is a must, if only because multipolarity brought to the key positions many new players who are not now represented in the Security Council as permanent members.

🎙 Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the RT channel (Moscow, November 15, 2023)

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💬 We have never, during the last 30 years, tried to underestimate the importance of good relations with Israel and the importance of good relations with Israel’s Arab neighbors. And we played a role promoting peace on the basis of the final solution of this Middle East issue in accordance with the United Nations’ resolutions and decisions.

We have been a member of the Quartet of International Mediators from the very beginning of the functioning of this structure. The only structure recognized officially by the Security Council as having the mandate to mediate.

There were so many opportunities missed. There were so many attempts when a deal seemed to be close, so many attempts to replay the game.

☝️ But we keep our relations with both parties. <...> And we will continue to push for the immediate goal – the cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes.

👉 After that we all must take a deep breath and think how we restore Gaza, how we make sure that no one is expelled from Gaza. That there is no movement into Egypt and into Jordan of all those who used to live in Gaza, because this is what worries our Egyptian and Jordanian friends. And this would of course ruin all the resolutions of the Security Council that Gaza is Palestine, together with the West Bank.

19 ноября 2023 г. (воскресенье) при содействии Посольства России в Норвегии в онлайн-режиме пройдет ежегодная международная просветительская акция «Географический диктант», организуемая «Русским географическим обществом».

Для участия в диктанте необходимо до 17 ноября 2023 г. направить на электронную почту Посольства (oslo@mid.ru) письмо с указанием своих адреса электронной почты и ФИО (требуются для подготовки сертификата участника акции). В теме письма просьба указать «Географический диктант».

До 18 ноября 2023 г. на Ваш электронный адрес будет выслана ссылка для написания диктанта.

Приступить к выполнению заданий можно, перейдя по ссылке 19 ноября 2023 г. с 12:00 до 13:00.

Время, отведенное на заполнение анкеты участника и решение 40 тестовых вопросов, ограничено 1 часом.

📹 To recap and visualize: 120 Russian nationals and members of their families, including Palestinian passport holders, were evacuated from the Gaza Strip and arrived by the Russian EMERCOM special flight at the Domodedovo international airport earlier this morning.

ℹ️ In total over 500 people were evacuated from the conflict zone, 288 have already arrived in Russia.

📄 The 2023 APEC Leaders’ Golden Gate Declaration

Following APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, the participants adopted the 2023 APEC Leaders’ Golden Gate Declaration.

💬 4. We reaffirm our determination to deliver a free, open, fair, non-discriminatory, transparent, inclusive, and
predictable trade and investment environment.

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6. We will continue to work to ensure a level playing field to foster a favorable trade and investment environment.

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13. We reaffirm our commitment to create an enabling, inclusive, open, fair and non-discriminatory digital
ecosystem for business and consumers

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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, November 15, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 Palestinian-Israeli conflict
🔹 Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the Kiev Regime’s War Crimes, Rodion Miroshnik
🔹 ‘Effectiveness’ (NOT) of the EU’s anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 NATO’s efforts to militarise the Baltic region
🔹 Xenophobia and anti-Semitism increases in the West
🔹 Continuing discrimination against Russian athletes
🔹 The 78th anniversary of launching the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg
🔹 Situation in South Caucasus
🔹 Russia-Moldova relations

and much more...

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#Ukraine

According to reports, between 20 and 36 percent of Western financial aid was misappropriated by Ukrainian officials, primarily the former leadership of the Ministry of Defence. What happened to that money next? That's a big question <...>

Maybe they should admit just once that they need to defend themselves not from Russia, not from the Kremlin, but from themselves, from the chaos and disarray in their heads that their Western puppeteers have created by instilling liberal values? <...>

The Kiev regime, accustomed to parasitising on others, is incapable of fighting the rampant corruption that has become the “signature piece” of modern Ukraine.

#Sanctions

Citizens and business circles in the European Union are increasingly wondering about the purposes of the sanctions and whether they are worth the sacrifice they have had to make as part of the sanctions war against the Russian people launched by their self-assured pro-Atlantic elite <...>

In the past 15 years, the EU’s share (without Great Britain) in the global economy has dropped from 25.3 to 16.7 percent while the share of the US has remained at around 25 percent. This is the logical outcome of the EU political elite bowing, like vassals, to the US course for the EU’s self-isolation from Russia.