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🗓 On December 20, Marrakesh, the Kingdom of Morocco, hosted the 6th Session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum (RACF) at the ministerial level.
The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain, the Comoros, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen took part via video conference.
👉 The participants in the RACF session unanimously agreed that the domestic political problems of the countries in the region, no matter how challenging, should be resolved by peaceful means through a wide-ranging national dialogue embracing all political forces and walks of life.
At the same time, it was stressed that any outside interference in the internal affairs of independent states was unacceptable. The participants reaffirmed that the principle of respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity in conformity with international law and the UN Charter remained immutable.
🌐 These fundamental postulates served as the basis for a detailed analysis of a number of current regional problems with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
🤝 A number of specific steps were coordinated to invigorate the entire range of cooperation between Russia and the Arab countries, including trade, the economy, research, culture, and the humanitarian area.
The RACF concluded with its participants approving a joint Statement and a Plan of Action to implement the Forum’s principles, goals and tasks for 2024-2026. It was agreed that the 7th RACF session would be held in Moscow in 2024.
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The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain, the Comoros, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen took part via video conference.
👉 The participants in the RACF session unanimously agreed that the domestic political problems of the countries in the region, no matter how challenging, should be resolved by peaceful means through a wide-ranging national dialogue embracing all political forces and walks of life.
At the same time, it was stressed that any outside interference in the internal affairs of independent states was unacceptable. The participants reaffirmed that the principle of respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity in conformity with international law and the UN Charter remained immutable.
🌐 These fundamental postulates served as the basis for a detailed analysis of a number of current regional problems with a focus on an unprecedented escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
🤝 A number of specific steps were coordinated to invigorate the entire range of cooperation between Russia and the Arab countries, including trade, the economy, research, culture, and the humanitarian area.
The RACF concluded with its participants approving a joint Statement and a Plan of Action to implement the Forum’s principles, goals and tasks for 2024-2026. It was agreed that the 7th RACF session would be held in Moscow in 2024.
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🇷🇺🇲🇦 On December 20, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was on a working visit to Morocco to attend the sixth Session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in Marrakesh where he held talks with Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates.
✔️ Mr Lavrov and Mr Bourita discussed the package of current issues on the steady development of traditionally friendly bilateral relations between Russia and Morocco.
✔️ During the exchange of views on current international issues, the focus was on the developments in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel zone.
✔️ The Ministers reaffirmed Moscow and Rabat’s intention to deepen their dialogue and coordinate efforts to settle regional issues through political and diplomatic methods with reliance on the fundamental principles and standards of international law with the UN central role.
During his stay in Morocco, Sergey Lavrov awarded the Foreign Ministry honorary badges “For Interaction” to honorary consul of Russia in Marrakesh Rabai Hafid and honorary consul of Russia in Agadir Abdellatif Abid for their efforts at strengthening Russian-Moroccan ties.
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✔️ Mr Lavrov and Mr Bourita discussed the package of current issues on the steady development of traditionally friendly bilateral relations between Russia and Morocco.
✔️ During the exchange of views on current international issues, the focus was on the developments in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel zone.
✔️ The Ministers reaffirmed Moscow and Rabat’s intention to deepen their dialogue and coordinate efforts to settle regional issues through political and diplomatic methods with reliance on the fundamental principles and standards of international law with the UN central role.
During his stay in Morocco, Sergey Lavrov awarded the Foreign Ministry honorary badges “For Interaction” to honorary consul of Russia in Marrakesh Rabai Hafid and honorary consul of Russia in Agadir Abdellatif Abid for their efforts at strengthening Russian-Moroccan ties.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, December 20, 2023)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 The UNGA’s approval of a Russian resolution on preventing the glorification of Nazism
🔹 No response from the UN Secretary-General and the UN Secretariat to the repeated Russian requests for them to obtain a list of victims of the Bucha provocation from Kiev
🔹 The outcome of the EU summit
🔹 OSCE/ODIHR releases fourth interim report on violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 Completing the evacuation from the Gaza Strip
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#Ukraine
• On December 15, 2023, EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn told Reuters that last spring the US urged the EU to launch a long-term EUR 50 billion funding programme for Ukraine, so that the Biden administration would use it to pressure Congress into allocating additional funds for the Kiev regime.
Washington is cynically trying to shift the multibillion-dollar burden of the Ukrainian crisis it has unleashed onto the EU, forcing the Europeans to bankroll the corrupt and criminal Zelensky regime.
#Moldova
• On December 15, the pro-Western majority in the country’s parliament pushed through the draft of a new National Security Strategy, in which Russia is absolutely unfairly labelled ‘the most dangerous and constant source of threat <...> to the statehood, democracy and prosperity of Moldova.”
Conversely, Moldova’s time apart from Russia saw a dismantling of industry, degradation of agriculture, impoverishment of the population and depopulation – all of which we observe today. These are “serious threats to the state, democracy and prosperity of the country.”
And those who are responsible for severing Moldova’s ties with Russia or other countries that it benefited from, are responsible for this situation.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 Ukrainian crisis
🔹 The UNGA’s approval of a Russian resolution on preventing the glorification of Nazism
🔹 No response from the UN Secretary-General and the UN Secretariat to the repeated Russian requests for them to obtain a list of victims of the Bucha provocation from Kiev
🔹 The outcome of the EU summit
🔹 OSCE/ODIHR releases fourth interim report on violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine
🔹 Situation in Moldova
🔹 Anti-Russia sanctions
🔹 Completing the evacuation from the Gaza Strip
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#Ukraine
• On December 15, 2023, EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn told Reuters that last spring the US urged the EU to launch a long-term EUR 50 billion funding programme for Ukraine, so that the Biden administration would use it to pressure Congress into allocating additional funds for the Kiev regime.
Washington is cynically trying to shift the multibillion-dollar burden of the Ukrainian crisis it has unleashed onto the EU, forcing the Europeans to bankroll the corrupt and criminal Zelensky regime.
#Moldova
• On December 15, the pro-Western majority in the country’s parliament pushed through the draft of a new National Security Strategy, in which Russia is absolutely unfairly labelled ‘the most dangerous and constant source of threat <...> to the statehood, democracy and prosperity of Moldova.”
Conversely, Moldova’s time apart from Russia saw a dismantling of industry, degradation of agriculture, impoverishment of the population and depopulation – all of which we observe today. These are “serious threats to the state, democracy and prosperity of the country.”
And those who are responsible for severing Moldova’s ties with Russia or other countries that it benefited from, are responsible for this situation.
Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
💬 Ukraine continues to discriminate against the Russian-speaking population!
➡️The law “on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Consideration of Expert Opinion of the Council of Europe and its Bodies on the Rights of National Minorities” (entered into force on December 10th) consolidated total discrimination of the Russian language in Ukraine on permanent basis. Preferences for national minorities apply only to EU languages.
☝This Nazi-like practice of discrimination contradicts among others Ukraine's obligations under 1960 Convention against discrimination in education.
📢We call on UNESCO Secretariat to make a proper public assessment of Kiev's actions!
➡️The law “on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Consideration of Expert Opinion of the Council of Europe and its Bodies on the Rights of National Minorities” (entered into force on December 10th) consolidated total discrimination of the Russian language in Ukraine on permanent basis. Preferences for national minorities apply only to EU languages.
☝This Nazi-like practice of discrimination contradicts among others Ukraine's obligations under 1960 Convention against discrimination in education.
📢We call on UNESCO Secretariat to make a proper public assessment of Kiev's actions!
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⚔️ December 24th is the Day of Military Glory in Russia, established in honour of the capture of the Ottoman fortress of Izmail by Russian troops in 1790.
This victory was the high point of the Russo-Turkish war of 1787-1791 and a true testament to Alexander Suvorov's military genius.
This was one of several conflicts between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, this time sparked by the latter’s attempt to regain Crimea and other territories that had been acquired by Russia in the previous war. Despite a series of brilliant victories by the Russian forces, the Ottoman Empire was still reluctant to accept the peace terms proposed by the Russian Empire.
🏰 In order to finally defeat the enemy, Russian commanders decided to capture the fortress of Izmail, the stronghold of Turkish rule on the Danube that was considered impregnable in Europe. The Russian army, consisting of 31,000 men, faced a garrison of 35,000 defenders, half of whom were Janissaries, the Sultan’s elite infantry.
✉️ Suvorov sought to avoid bloodshed and sent two messages to the fortress defenders, offering honourable terms of surrender. “Rather would the Danube stop flowing and the sky fall to the ground than Izmail surrender,” was the reply.
Early in the morning of December 22, Russian troops launched a simultaneous assault on the fortress from three directions, disorienting the enemy. By 8 am, they had captured most of the outer fortifications and began pushing the enemy towards the centre of the city. By 4 pm, Izmail had fallen. Suvorov's disciple Mikhail Kutuzov was appointed the commandant for displaying exceptional special courage during the battle.
☝️ The capture of Izmail had a decisive impact on the course of the war. In January 1792, the Treaty of Jassy was signed, solidifying the incorporation of Crimea into Russia. The entire Northern coast of the Black Sea, from the Dniester to the Kuban, was assigned to the Russian Empire, while Izmail itself was returned to Turkey.
#HistoryOfRussia
This victory was the high point of the Russo-Turkish war of 1787-1791 and a true testament to Alexander Suvorov's military genius.
This was one of several conflicts between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, this time sparked by the latter’s attempt to regain Crimea and other territories that had been acquired by Russia in the previous war. Despite a series of brilliant victories by the Russian forces, the Ottoman Empire was still reluctant to accept the peace terms proposed by the Russian Empire.
🏰 In order to finally defeat the enemy, Russian commanders decided to capture the fortress of Izmail, the stronghold of Turkish rule on the Danube that was considered impregnable in Europe. The Russian army, consisting of 31,000 men, faced a garrison of 35,000 defenders, half of whom were Janissaries, the Sultan’s elite infantry.
✉️ Suvorov sought to avoid bloodshed and sent two messages to the fortress defenders, offering honourable terms of surrender. “Rather would the Danube stop flowing and the sky fall to the ground than Izmail surrender,” was the reply.
Early in the morning of December 22, Russian troops launched a simultaneous assault on the fortress from three directions, disorienting the enemy. By 8 am, they had captured most of the outer fortifications and began pushing the enemy towards the centre of the city. By 4 pm, Izmail had fallen. Suvorov's disciple Mikhail Kutuzov was appointed the commandant for displaying exceptional special courage during the battle.
☝️ The capture of Izmail had a decisive impact on the course of the war. In January 1792, the Treaty of Jassy was signed, solidifying the incorporation of Crimea into Russia. The entire Northern coast of the Black Sea, from the Dniester to the Kuban, was assigned to the Russian Empire, while Izmail itself was returned to Turkey.
#HistoryOfRussia
Forwarded from Russian Delegation to UNESCO
💬 We draw UNESCO’s attention to ongoing cleansing of information space in the EU.
📍 On December 8th the Estonian police arrested in Tallinn the former editor of the Sputnik Media A.Hantsom for 2 months under the pretext of “maintaining ties with Russia.”
📍As part of the 12th “package” of sanctions, restrictions have been introduced against the TV channels “Tsargrad” and “Spas”, as well as the head of the directorate of radio programs “Zvezda” A.Shafran.
☝This is a violation of the rights of journalists, freedom of speech and access to information that runs counter relevant international obligations of the EU Member States.
📢 We call on the UNESCO Secretariat to make a proper public assessment of these actions!
📍 On December 8th the Estonian police arrested in Tallinn the former editor of the Sputnik Media A.Hantsom for 2 months under the pretext of “maintaining ties with Russia.”
📍As part of the 12th “package” of sanctions, restrictions have been introduced against the TV channels “Tsargrad” and “Spas”, as well as the head of the directorate of radio programs “Zvezda” A.Shafran.
☝This is a violation of the rights of journalists, freedom of speech and access to information that runs counter relevant international obligations of the EU Member States.
📢 We call on the UNESCO Secretariat to make a proper public assessment of these actions!
⚜️On December 25, 1812 the emperor Alexander I issued the Royal manifesto announcing the end of the Patriotic war.
On the same day there were issued two more manifestos: on construction in Moscow a church in the name of the Christ the Saviour in honor of the victory of the Russian army and in gratitude to God and another one on establishing of the silver medal for the troops having taken part in the battles.
On December 25, 1837 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the victory over Napoleon in St.-Petersburg in front Kazan cathedral were erected the monuments to M.I. Kutuzov and D. Barklai de Tolly.
On the same day there were issued two more manifestos: on construction in Moscow a church in the name of the Christ the Saviour in honor of the victory of the Russian army and in gratitude to God and another one on establishing of the silver medal for the troops having taken part in the battles.
On December 25, 1837 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the victory over Napoleon in St.-Petersburg in front Kazan cathedral were erected the monuments to M.I. Kutuzov and D. Barklai de Tolly.
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Дорогие друзья! 🎉 С великим удовольствием хотим поделиться с вами волнующими моментами нашего новогоднего праздника, который состоялся 22 декабря в сотрудничестве с Посольством России в Сингапуре.
Это был невероятный вечер, наполненный волшебством и радостью! В этот особенный день на спектакль были приглашены юные участники творческого конкурса "По следам волшебства и фантастики" по произведениям русских авторов. 🌟 Дети стали настоящими героями нашего волшебного вечера!
Главным событием стал захватывающий музыкальный спектакль «Морозко». В мире сказок развернулась история мачехи, добрейшей души Настеньки, вставшей на путь исправления Марфушеньки, обаятельной Кики-Моры, потерявшего свою невесту Иванушки, а также хозяйка волшебного клубочка и особого чувства юмора Баба Яга 😉 На помощь героям пришли лесные жители и, конечно же, главный гость программы - Дед Мороз! 🎅
Пусть этот вечер останется в ваших сердцах, наполнив их теплом и воспоминаниями о волшебстве. С наступающим Новым Годом, дорогие друзья! 🎄🌟
Это был невероятный вечер, наполненный волшебством и радостью! В этот особенный день на спектакль были приглашены юные участники творческого конкурса "По следам волшебства и фантастики" по произведениям русских авторов. 🌟 Дети стали настоящими героями нашего волшебного вечера!
Главным событием стал захватывающий музыкальный спектакль «Морозко». В мире сказок развернулась история мачехи, добрейшей души Настеньки, вставшей на путь исправления Марфушеньки, обаятельной Кики-Моры, потерявшего свою невесту Иванушки, а также хозяйка волшебного клубочка и особого чувства юмора Баба Яга 😉 На помощь героям пришли лесные жители и, конечно же, главный гость программы - Дед Мороз! 🎅
Пусть этот вечер останется в ваших сердцах, наполнив их теплом и воспоминаниями о волшебстве. С наступающим Новым Годом, дорогие друзья! 🎄🌟
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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meetings (restricted and expanded-formats)
Key points:
• We are expected to approve a declaration, drafted on the Russian side’s initiative, on the further development of economic processes within our association for the period to 2030 and further to 2045.
🇮🇷 In the run-up to our meeting, a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Iran was signed. Once the agreement comes into force, practically all categories of goods produced in the Union will obtain duty-free access to the extensive Iranian market with 90 million consumers, and non-tariff barriers will be significantly reduced.
📈 The Eurasian Union will soon be 10 years old. Over this period, the scale of trade has almost doubled and the aggregate GDP of the EAEU countries has grown from $1.6 trillion to $2.5 trillion US dollars.
• In Russia, GDP added three percent in the first three quarters and we expect it to reach 3.5 percent for the annual results. Other EAEU countries have also recorded a substantial increase in GDP.
🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇩 Work on a draft free trade agreement with Egypt is at a very advanced stage. Apart from that, the Eurasian Commission is negotiating with the UAE and Indonesia.
• Overall, as the EAEU’s authority and economic weight grows, an increasing number of countries and international organisations are showing interest in establishing mutually beneficial contacts with the EAEU.
🇨🇳 The work on aligning integration processes within the EAEU and China's Belt and Road Initiative is also yielding real results.
Key points:
• We are expected to approve a declaration, drafted on the Russian side’s initiative, on the further development of economic processes within our association for the period to 2030 and further to 2045.
🇮🇷 In the run-up to our meeting, a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Iran was signed. Once the agreement comes into force, practically all categories of goods produced in the Union will obtain duty-free access to the extensive Iranian market with 90 million consumers, and non-tariff barriers will be significantly reduced.
📈 The Eurasian Union will soon be 10 years old. Over this period, the scale of trade has almost doubled and the aggregate GDP of the EAEU countries has grown from $1.6 trillion to $2.5 trillion US dollars.
• In Russia, GDP added three percent in the first three quarters and we expect it to reach 3.5 percent for the annual results. Other EAEU countries have also recorded a substantial increase in GDP.
🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇩 Work on a draft free trade agreement with Egypt is at a very advanced stage. Apart from that, the Eurasian Commission is negotiating with the UAE and Indonesia.
• Overall, as the EAEU’s authority and economic weight grows, an increasing number of countries and international organisations are showing interest in establishing mutually beneficial contacts with the EAEU.
🇨🇳 The work on aligning integration processes within the EAEU and China's Belt and Road Initiative is also yielding real results.