🎙 Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Thematic Discussion on "Outer Space (Disarmament Aspects)" in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, October 29, 2024)
⚠️ The course pursued by the United States and a number of Western countries towards placing weapons in outer space, building up the capabilities for the use of force against space objects (primarily through the development of weapon systems intended for the treat or use of force in, from or against outer space) and using outer space for combat operations continues to undermine international peace and security. <...>
We would like to once again highlight in particular the extremely dangerous trend going beyond the harmless use of space technologies, which became evident during the events in Ukraine. We are talking about the components of civilian, including commercial, infrastructure in outer space engaged by the United States and its allies for military purposes. These States do not realize that such activities actually constitute indirect participation in armed conflicts. <...>
We are convinced that it is still possible at the current stage to prevent a full‑scale arms race in outer space; the point of no return has not yet been passed. To these ends, we renew our call on UN Member States to reaffirm their commitment to existing international legally binding agreements governing outer space activities.
At the national and international levels obligations should be undertaken not to place weapons of any kind in outer space (including in the Earth orbit and on celestial bodies) and the use or threat of force against and by means of outer space objects should be prohibited as well; it is important to establish a comprehensive ban on space strike weapons designed to destroy outer space objects.
We would like to recall our specific proposals:
❌ not to use outer space objects as a means of destroying any targets on Earth, in the atmosphere or outer space;
❌ not to create, test or deploy weapons in outer space, not to use space weapons for missile defence, as anti-satellite means, not to attack targets on Earth or in the atmosphere, as well as to eliminate such systems already possessed by States;
❌ not to destroy, damage, disrupt the normal functioning or change the flight trajectory of other States’ outer space objects without their consent;
❌ not to assist or incite other States, groups of States, international, intergovernmental, as well as any non-governmental organizations, including non-governmental legal entities established, registered or located on the territory under their jurisdiction and/or control, to participate in the above-mentioned activities.
☝️ It is important to understand that without reliable guarantees on keeping outer space free of weapons, enshrined in an international legally binding instrument on PAROS, it is pointless to address issues related to the peaceful use of outer space and ensuring safety of outer space activities.
⚠️ The course pursued by the United States and a number of Western countries towards placing weapons in outer space, building up the capabilities for the use of force against space objects (primarily through the development of weapon systems intended for the treat or use of force in, from or against outer space) and using outer space for combat operations continues to undermine international peace and security. <...>
We would like to once again highlight in particular the extremely dangerous trend going beyond the harmless use of space technologies, which became evident during the events in Ukraine. We are talking about the components of civilian, including commercial, infrastructure in outer space engaged by the United States and its allies for military purposes. These States do not realize that such activities actually constitute indirect participation in armed conflicts. <...>
We are convinced that it is still possible at the current stage to prevent a full‑scale arms race in outer space; the point of no return has not yet been passed. To these ends, we renew our call on UN Member States to reaffirm their commitment to existing international legally binding agreements governing outer space activities.
At the national and international levels obligations should be undertaken not to place weapons of any kind in outer space (including in the Earth orbit and on celestial bodies) and the use or threat of force against and by means of outer space objects should be prohibited as well; it is important to establish a comprehensive ban on space strike weapons designed to destroy outer space objects.
We would like to recall our specific proposals:
❌ not to use outer space objects as a means of destroying any targets on Earth, in the atmosphere or outer space;
❌ not to create, test or deploy weapons in outer space, not to use space weapons for missile defence, as anti-satellite means, not to attack targets on Earth or in the atmosphere, as well as to eliminate such systems already possessed by States;
❌ not to destroy, damage, disrupt the normal functioning or change the flight trajectory of other States’ outer space objects without their consent;
❌ not to assist or incite other States, groups of States, international, intergovernmental, as well as any non-governmental organizations, including non-governmental legal entities established, registered or located on the territory under their jurisdiction and/or control, to participate in the above-mentioned activities.
☝️ It is important to understand that without reliable guarantees on keeping outer space free of weapons, enshrined in an international legally binding instrument on PAROS, it is pointless to address issues related to the peaceful use of outer space and ensuring safety of outer space activities.
🗣Embassy comment
We noted a new masterpiece in 📰 the Straits Times by its international affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal entitled “North Korean troops boost Russia’s Ukraine offensive, broadening war beyond Europe”, published today in its latest edition.
🙄The author's inability to face reality is truly disappointing. Instead of a frank admission that it was precisely with the instigation and participation of the West that the Kiev Nazi regime unleashed a hybrid war against Russia and continues to wage it, relying on the political and military-economic potential of the United States and its closest NATO allies, that, by the way, are trying to lure Asia-Pacific countries, including the Republic of Korea, into this bloody enterprise, we again hear empty, completely unsubstantiated talk, capable of captivating only those greedy for sensations, about the presence of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia and their preparation to participate in military operations. According to the writer, it “is the clearest indication yet that the war in Ukraine is slowly morphing into a broader confrontation with global ramifications”.
😑How neat, isn’t it? One could not understand who the aggressor and who the object of aggression is, who has been fighting the nascent conflict for many years and who is adding oil to its flame.
☝To understand the problem we advise you, our reader, to get acquainted with the answer of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to the relevant question during the 🎙press conference following the BRICS Summit in Kazan. On October 24, 2024,
Mr Putin clearly says:
“With regard to our relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, you may be aware that the Treaty on Strategic Partnership was ratified, I believe, just today. It has Article 4, and we have never doubted the fact that the DPRK leadership takes our agreements seriously. However, it is up to us to decide what we will do and how we are going to do it, and we will act in accordance with this article. First, we need to hold talks regarding the implementation of Article 4. However, we will be in contact with our North Korean friends to see how this process unfolds.
In any case, the Russian army is acting confidently on all fronts, which is a well-known and undisputed fact. It is advancing on all sections of the frontline. Active operations are underway in the Kursk direction as well. A portion of the Ukrainian forces that invaded the Kursk Region, about 2,000 troops, has been blocked and encircled. Attempts are being made to break this group free from the outside and from within, but they have remained unsuccessful so far. The Russian army has begun an operation to eliminate this group.”
🤝For those who would like to delve into the topic in more detail, we recommend reading the Statement by our Permanent Representative to the UN Mr Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine dated October 30, 2024. It is available on the website of the Russian Permanent Mission at the link: https://russiaun.ru/en/news/nebenzia_unsc_ukraine_301024.
We noted a new masterpiece in 📰 the Straits Times by its international affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal entitled “North Korean troops boost Russia’s Ukraine offensive, broadening war beyond Europe”, published today in its latest edition.
🙄The author's inability to face reality is truly disappointing. Instead of a frank admission that it was precisely with the instigation and participation of the West that the Kiev Nazi regime unleashed a hybrid war against Russia and continues to wage it, relying on the political and military-economic potential of the United States and its closest NATO allies, that, by the way, are trying to lure Asia-Pacific countries, including the Republic of Korea, into this bloody enterprise, we again hear empty, completely unsubstantiated talk, capable of captivating only those greedy for sensations, about the presence of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia and their preparation to participate in military operations. According to the writer, it “is the clearest indication yet that the war in Ukraine is slowly morphing into a broader confrontation with global ramifications”.
😑How neat, isn’t it? One could not understand who the aggressor and who the object of aggression is, who has been fighting the nascent conflict for many years and who is adding oil to its flame.
☝To understand the problem we advise you, our reader, to get acquainted with the answer of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to the relevant question during the 🎙press conference following the BRICS Summit in Kazan. On October 24, 2024,
Mr Putin clearly says:
“With regard to our relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, you may be aware that the Treaty on Strategic Partnership was ratified, I believe, just today. It has Article 4, and we have never doubted the fact that the DPRK leadership takes our agreements seriously. However, it is up to us to decide what we will do and how we are going to do it, and we will act in accordance with this article. First, we need to hold talks regarding the implementation of Article 4. However, we will be in contact with our North Korean friends to see how this process unfolds.
In any case, the Russian army is acting confidently on all fronts, which is a well-known and undisputed fact. It is advancing on all sections of the frontline. Active operations are underway in the Kursk direction as well. A portion of the Ukrainian forces that invaded the Kursk Region, about 2,000 troops, has been blocked and encircled. Attempts are being made to break this group free from the outside and from within, but they have remained unsuccessful so far. The Russian army has begun an operation to eliminate this group.”
🤝For those who would like to delve into the topic in more detail, we recommend reading the Statement by our Permanent Representative to the UN Mr Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine dated October 30, 2024. It is available on the website of the Russian Permanent Mission at the link: https://russiaun.ru/en/news/nebenzia_unsc_ukraine_301024.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a high-level plenary meeting of the International Conference on Eurasian Security, Minsk, October 31, 2024
Colleagues, friends,
Allow me to sincerely thank the organisers of the conference, our Belarusian friends, for an invitation to address this influential forum that has been taking place in Minsk for the second time on the initiative of President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Today, he opened the discussion in an impressive way. I believe that many ideas voiced by him will help us draft practical recommendations following this conference.
Everyone admits that the establishment of a multipolar world order has become a long-term mainstream trend. Global transformations are a natural and irreversible process, linked with objective changes in the worldwide balance and the consolidation of new, non-Western centres of economic growth and influence. This trend helps make international relations more democratic. They should not be dominated by anyone and the principles of the UN Charter should be observed in their entirety and interlinked nature, rather than selectively. This is of paramount importance.
The sovereign equality of states is a key principle of the UN Charter. This principle alone is the legal foundation of multipolarity. A commitment to this principle also determines our approach towards developing relations with countries of Eurasia, the largest continent boasting the greatest volume of natural resources and posting the most rapid development.
Guided by this logic, President of Russia Vladimir Putin suggested establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership in 2015 as the broadest integration framework in the interests of expanding and liberalising trade and investment ties, implementing trans-border infrastructure projects, developing the logistic network and harmonising integration processes.
In turn, the Greater Eurasian Partnership will lay a solid economic and material foundation for building a system of equal and indivisible Eurasian security shielding the continent’s countries from common threats and challenges.
Speaking at the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14, 2024, President Vladimir Putin clearly stated our interest in establishing this system that would consist of interstate agreements and institutions stipulating the primary responsibility of signatory countries for resolving regional conflicts and maintaining stability, while preventing destructive foreign interference.
I would like to emphasise that President of Russia Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that our perception of the Greater Eurasian Partnership and the system of Eurasian security presupposes their openness for all countries and associations of our continent without exception. This means that no one intends to shut the door to countries of western Eurasia. We will welcome their involvement in processes of common Eurasian cooperation but, certainly, on the basis of equality and provided that they renounce the hostile bloc policy and neo-colonial practices.
This is an absolutely indispensable condition because things had worked out differently for a long time. For example, all schemes without exception(that relied on the Euro-Atlantic security concept aimed to preserve the dominant position of the United States and to contain its rivals, including Russia. NATO played the main role in this context. Everyone realises that NATO has completely subjugated the European Union that had apparently been established by Europeans for the sake of Europeans. The West flagrantly violated the Final (Helsinki) Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other obligations and virtually privatised guiding OSCE bodies. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has commented on them rather eloquently today. The Organisation has failed to become a mechanism for realising the indivisible security principle that was proclaimed during its inception, and that was repeatedly reaffirmed, including at the 1999 summit in Istanbul and the 2010 summit in
Colleagues, friends,
Allow me to sincerely thank the organisers of the conference, our Belarusian friends, for an invitation to address this influential forum that has been taking place in Minsk for the second time on the initiative of President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Today, he opened the discussion in an impressive way. I believe that many ideas voiced by him will help us draft practical recommendations following this conference.
Everyone admits that the establishment of a multipolar world order has become a long-term mainstream trend. Global transformations are a natural and irreversible process, linked with objective changes in the worldwide balance and the consolidation of new, non-Western centres of economic growth and influence. This trend helps make international relations more democratic. They should not be dominated by anyone and the principles of the UN Charter should be observed in their entirety and interlinked nature, rather than selectively. This is of paramount importance.
The sovereign equality of states is a key principle of the UN Charter. This principle alone is the legal foundation of multipolarity. A commitment to this principle also determines our approach towards developing relations with countries of Eurasia, the largest continent boasting the greatest volume of natural resources and posting the most rapid development.
Guided by this logic, President of Russia Vladimir Putin suggested establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership in 2015 as the broadest integration framework in the interests of expanding and liberalising trade and investment ties, implementing trans-border infrastructure projects, developing the logistic network and harmonising integration processes.
In turn, the Greater Eurasian Partnership will lay a solid economic and material foundation for building a system of equal and indivisible Eurasian security shielding the continent’s countries from common threats and challenges.
Speaking at the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14, 2024, President Vladimir Putin clearly stated our interest in establishing this system that would consist of interstate agreements and institutions stipulating the primary responsibility of signatory countries for resolving regional conflicts and maintaining stability, while preventing destructive foreign interference.
I would like to emphasise that President of Russia Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that our perception of the Greater Eurasian Partnership and the system of Eurasian security presupposes their openness for all countries and associations of our continent without exception. This means that no one intends to shut the door to countries of western Eurasia. We will welcome their involvement in processes of common Eurasian cooperation but, certainly, on the basis of equality and provided that they renounce the hostile bloc policy and neo-colonial practices.
This is an absolutely indispensable condition because things had worked out differently for a long time. For example, all schemes without exception(that relied on the Euro-Atlantic security concept aimed to preserve the dominant position of the United States and to contain its rivals, including Russia. NATO played the main role in this context. Everyone realises that NATO has completely subjugated the European Union that had apparently been established by Europeans for the sake of Europeans. The West flagrantly violated the Final (Helsinki) Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other obligations and virtually privatised guiding OSCE bodies. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has commented on them rather eloquently today. The Organisation has failed to become a mechanism for realising the indivisible security principle that was proclaimed during its inception, and that was repeatedly reaffirmed, including at the 1999 summit in Istanbul and the 2010 summit in
Astana. Top-level documents, adopted at those summits, stated expressly that no one would strengthen their own security at the expense of other parties’ security, and that not a single group of countries and not a single organisation had the right to claim dominant positions in the OSCE region.
All NATO leaders have endorsed this commitment; however, their actions have been decidedly contrary. Despite assurances made to the Soviet leadership and our numerous warnings over the past 20 years, the North Atlantic Alliance has been expanding eastward with undue haste, creating direct military threats to Russia immediately along our borders. It was this aggressive course of action that ultimately precipitated the Ukraine crisis, instigated by the state coup in Kiev in February 2014, orchestrated by Washington and its European allies. This coup brought ultra-nationalists to power, who then declared a campaign to eradicate all things Russian and commenced hostilities against millions of Russians and Russian-speaking people who refused to recognise the illegitimate authority of the putchists.
These are the root causes of the crisis, which Western leaders today prefer to overlook, repeating their rote “return of Ukraine to the 1991 borders.” Their interest lies solely in the territory, not in the fate of the people whose ancestors have resided in Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya for centuries, and whom the leaders of the Kiev regime have publicly labelled as “subhumans” and “terrorists,” threatening to let their children decay in cellars. As early as 2021, Vladimir Zelensky demanded that all those feeling an affinity with Russian culture should relocate to Russia.
Since 2014, Ukraine has consistently enacted laws prohibiting the Russian language in education, media, culture, and all other spheres. Recently, Ukrainian parliament banned the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Let me remind you that Article 1 of the UN Charter mandates respect for human rights for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. Yet, the West turns a blind eye to the gross violations of the Charter perpetrated by the Russophobic, racist regime in Kiev, whilst continuing to promote Vladimir Zelensky’s dead-end (one might even say thickhead) “peace formula” that demands Russia’s capitulation. A couple of weeks ago, this individual released an equally delusional “victory plan.” Naturally, neither the “formula,” the “plan,” nor the fanciful notions of Kiev-controlled Ukraine’s membership in NATO or the EU are bringing peace in Europe any closer. Stability in this part of the Eurasian continent will only be achieved with the provision of long-term, reliable security guarantees, as outlined in our initiatives of December 2021, which were rejected by the West, as the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, eloquently reminded us today.
NATO appears unsatisfied with the conflict it has instigated against Russia through the agency of Kiev’s illegitimate administration at the OSCE space. Presently, the United States and its allies endeavour to transform the entirety of Eurasia into a theatre of geopolitical confrontation. The Alliance has declared, in its documents, that threats to it also emanate from the Asia-Pacific Region, including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and it intends to assert its military dominance not solely in Europe, but also in the East of Eurasia. NATO is infiltrating the region under the guise of Indo-Pacific strategies, thereby undermining the inclusive mechanisms that have been carefully constructed around ASEAN over decades. In exchange, Washington is crafting various “troikas” and “fours,” such as AUKUS and the QUAD, blocs involving the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and other closed configurations with the explicit aim of containing China, isolating Russia, and exerting severe pressure on the DPRK.
All NATO leaders have endorsed this commitment; however, their actions have been decidedly contrary. Despite assurances made to the Soviet leadership and our numerous warnings over the past 20 years, the North Atlantic Alliance has been expanding eastward with undue haste, creating direct military threats to Russia immediately along our borders. It was this aggressive course of action that ultimately precipitated the Ukraine crisis, instigated by the state coup in Kiev in February 2014, orchestrated by Washington and its European allies. This coup brought ultra-nationalists to power, who then declared a campaign to eradicate all things Russian and commenced hostilities against millions of Russians and Russian-speaking people who refused to recognise the illegitimate authority of the putchists.
These are the root causes of the crisis, which Western leaders today prefer to overlook, repeating their rote “return of Ukraine to the 1991 borders.” Their interest lies solely in the territory, not in the fate of the people whose ancestors have resided in Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya for centuries, and whom the leaders of the Kiev regime have publicly labelled as “subhumans” and “terrorists,” threatening to let their children decay in cellars. As early as 2021, Vladimir Zelensky demanded that all those feeling an affinity with Russian culture should relocate to Russia.
Since 2014, Ukraine has consistently enacted laws prohibiting the Russian language in education, media, culture, and all other spheres. Recently, Ukrainian parliament banned the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Let me remind you that Article 1 of the UN Charter mandates respect for human rights for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. Yet, the West turns a blind eye to the gross violations of the Charter perpetrated by the Russophobic, racist regime in Kiev, whilst continuing to promote Vladimir Zelensky’s dead-end (one might even say thickhead) “peace formula” that demands Russia’s capitulation. A couple of weeks ago, this individual released an equally delusional “victory plan.” Naturally, neither the “formula,” the “plan,” nor the fanciful notions of Kiev-controlled Ukraine’s membership in NATO or the EU are bringing peace in Europe any closer. Stability in this part of the Eurasian continent will only be achieved with the provision of long-term, reliable security guarantees, as outlined in our initiatives of December 2021, which were rejected by the West, as the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, eloquently reminded us today.
NATO appears unsatisfied with the conflict it has instigated against Russia through the agency of Kiev’s illegitimate administration at the OSCE space. Presently, the United States and its allies endeavour to transform the entirety of Eurasia into a theatre of geopolitical confrontation. The Alliance has declared, in its documents, that threats to it also emanate from the Asia-Pacific Region, including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and it intends to assert its military dominance not solely in Europe, but also in the East of Eurasia. NATO is infiltrating the region under the guise of Indo-Pacific strategies, thereby undermining the inclusive mechanisms that have been carefully constructed around ASEAN over decades. In exchange, Washington is crafting various “troikas” and “fours,” such as AUKUS and the QUAD, blocs involving the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and other closed configurations with the explicit aim of containing China, isolating Russia, and exerting severe pressure on the DPRK.
The situation in the Middle East portion of Eurasia is unfolding in a still more dramatic manner. The unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the agreements on the Iranian nuclear programme, endorsed by the UN Security Council, alongside Washington’s relentless ambition to monopolise the Arab-Israeli settlement process, has had dire consequences, pushing this strategically pivotal region to the brink of total destabilisation and a major conflict. The Biden administration is obstructing any initiatives to resolve the plight of the Palestinian people. While we condemn every aspect of terrorism, we categorically reject the collective punishment of the inhabitants of Gaza and the West Bank. The West tends to remain silent on this matter; yet, in one year of Israel’s operation, twice as many Palestinian civilians have been killed compared to the number of civilian casualties on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict over the ten years following the Kiev state coup.
The West has not ceased its destructive activities in other parts of the Eurasian continent either. In the South Caucasus, it persistently offers its services to normalise Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. Having departed Afghanistan after twenty years of occupation, the United States and its allies now seek to “break into” the delicate process of stabilisation in that country and are fabricating pretexts to resume their military presence in the countries of Central Asia.
The aggressive actions of the United States, NATO, and the European Union have heightened the risks of fragmentation across our continent.
The Eurasian security architecture under discussion at this conference is intended to serve as a constructive alternative to these adverse trends, to stabilise the military and political situation on the continent, to ensure its unity and interconnectedness, and to remove threats emanating from the western, Euro-Atlantic direction.
It is obvious to us that there can be no returning to the previous models dominated by the United States with its claim to exclusiveness, in particular because life has not become better wherever it tried to dominate. There should be respect for the new geopolitical realities and international law provisions, with new ideas that are not based on the “might is right” law but on equality and a fair balance of interests. Our vision of a Eurasian architecture harmoniously aligns with the global security initiative advanced by President of China Xi Jinping. One of its key principles is the elimination of the root causes of conflicts everywhere, including the Middle East, the Balkans, Ukraine and Southeast Asia. This is the earnest of a fair world order and real multilateralism.
I believe that our conference should make use of the increasing experience of formalising political and military confidence-building measures between states throughout our continent in accordance with their requirements and national potential. These measures should be based on life experience and practice.
For example, we worked together with our Belarusian friends to draft a security concept for the Union State and are completing the drafting of a bilateral interstate treaty on security guarantees, which will be aimed at further strengthening our commitments on reliable mutual protection from external threats.
In light of growing tensions in the east of our continent, we are focused on ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula. As you are aware, seeking to promote bilateral ties, we have signed and ratified a Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It should play a major role in ensuring our countries’ security and stabilising the situation in Northeast Asia.
The West has not ceased its destructive activities in other parts of the Eurasian continent either. In the South Caucasus, it persistently offers its services to normalise Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. Having departed Afghanistan after twenty years of occupation, the United States and its allies now seek to “break into” the delicate process of stabilisation in that country and are fabricating pretexts to resume their military presence in the countries of Central Asia.
The aggressive actions of the United States, NATO, and the European Union have heightened the risks of fragmentation across our continent.
The Eurasian security architecture under discussion at this conference is intended to serve as a constructive alternative to these adverse trends, to stabilise the military and political situation on the continent, to ensure its unity and interconnectedness, and to remove threats emanating from the western, Euro-Atlantic direction.
It is obvious to us that there can be no returning to the previous models dominated by the United States with its claim to exclusiveness, in particular because life has not become better wherever it tried to dominate. There should be respect for the new geopolitical realities and international law provisions, with new ideas that are not based on the “might is right” law but on equality and a fair balance of interests. Our vision of a Eurasian architecture harmoniously aligns with the global security initiative advanced by President of China Xi Jinping. One of its key principles is the elimination of the root causes of conflicts everywhere, including the Middle East, the Balkans, Ukraine and Southeast Asia. This is the earnest of a fair world order and real multilateralism.
I believe that our conference should make use of the increasing experience of formalising political and military confidence-building measures between states throughout our continent in accordance with their requirements and national potential. These measures should be based on life experience and practice.
For example, we worked together with our Belarusian friends to draft a security concept for the Union State and are completing the drafting of a bilateral interstate treaty on security guarantees, which will be aimed at further strengthening our commitments on reliable mutual protection from external threats.
In light of growing tensions in the east of our continent, we are focused on ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula. As you are aware, seeking to promote bilateral ties, we have signed and ratified a Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It should play a major role in ensuring our countries’ security and stabilising the situation in Northeast Asia.
An Agreement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran will be an important factor of strengthening Russia-Iran relations. The agreement is being prepared for signing in the near future. It will formalise the parties’ commitment to close defence cooperation and interaction in the interests of regional and global peace and security.
Russia-China relations of strategic interaction and comprehensive partnership are extremely important for strengthening stability in Eurasia and ensure the future strengthening of our creative cooperation in all spheres to the benefit of our nations. These relations are conducive to aligning integration processes on our continent and are a major stabilising factor worldwide in the context of the destructive activities of the collective West, which is trying to maintain its hegemony.
In addition to bilateral efforts to strengthen security, a special role in Eurasia belongs to multilateral associations such as the SCO, ASEAN, the CSTO, the CIS, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the CICA. These forums have a packed agenda on various aspects of security.
The regional players’ growing awareness of responsibility for settling disputes in their part of Eurasia is clearly manifested in the operations of the 3+3 South Caucasus Regional Cooperation Platform, the Moscow Format of Consultations on Afghanistan and a mechanism involving neighbouring countries, and the Astana platform on Syria. I believe that the experience all these platforms have accumulated should be widely used to align all the existing initiatives, including in the context of building a Eurasian security architecture.
In June 2024, the Foreign Minister of Belarus and I signed a joint address to the chief executives of Eurasian multilateral organisations inviting them to join our initiative on drafting a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. Our Belarusian friends put forth this idea at the first conference in Minsk a year ago. We actively supported them. We believe that the Eurasian Charter should be formulated as a policy document on the framework principles of Eurasian security architecture based on the norms of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness, as I pointed out on numerous occasions.
As far as I know, the agenda of this conference includes a separate session for discussing the essential elements of the Eurasian Charter. We hope that it will contribute to the coordination of recommendations on saving our common space from military and any other threats in the interests of billions of people.
Remember that Alexander Lukashenko, who has spoken just now, has invited all of us to the next conference scheduled for 2025.
I would like to wish you success.
Russia-China relations of strategic interaction and comprehensive partnership are extremely important for strengthening stability in Eurasia and ensure the future strengthening of our creative cooperation in all spheres to the benefit of our nations. These relations are conducive to aligning integration processes on our continent and are a major stabilising factor worldwide in the context of the destructive activities of the collective West, which is trying to maintain its hegemony.
In addition to bilateral efforts to strengthen security, a special role in Eurasia belongs to multilateral associations such as the SCO, ASEAN, the CSTO, the CIS, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the CICA. These forums have a packed agenda on various aspects of security.
The regional players’ growing awareness of responsibility for settling disputes in their part of Eurasia is clearly manifested in the operations of the 3+3 South Caucasus Regional Cooperation Platform, the Moscow Format of Consultations on Afghanistan and a mechanism involving neighbouring countries, and the Astana platform on Syria. I believe that the experience all these platforms have accumulated should be widely used to align all the existing initiatives, including in the context of building a Eurasian security architecture.
In June 2024, the Foreign Minister of Belarus and I signed a joint address to the chief executives of Eurasian multilateral organisations inviting them to join our initiative on drafting a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. Our Belarusian friends put forth this idea at the first conference in Minsk a year ago. We actively supported them. We believe that the Eurasian Charter should be formulated as a policy document on the framework principles of Eurasian security architecture based on the norms of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness, as I pointed out on numerous occasions.
As far as I know, the agenda of this conference includes a separate session for discussing the essential elements of the Eurasian Charter. We hope that it will contribute to the coordination of recommendations on saving our common space from military and any other threats in the interests of billions of people.
Remember that Alexander Lukashenko, who has spoken just now, has invited all of us to the next conference scheduled for 2025.
I would like to wish you success.
📰 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Türkish newspaper Hürriyet, November 1, 2024
#BRICS
We welcome Türkiye’s interest in strengthening ties with BRICS. This reflects the appeal of the group that is based on respect for the UN Charter, openness, pragmatism, and non-directedness against third parties.
We support the expansion of BRICS relations with countries of the Global Majority, particularly those committed to upholding multilateral approaches, pursuing a sovereign foreign policy, and refraining from participating in unilateral sanctions.
During the Summit in Kazan, a decision was made to strengthen the current composition of BRICS by including partner countries in the group. I am confident that Türkiye can make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing development of BRICS. The parameters for Türkiye’s participation in the group will be determined by consensus, respecting the sovereign choices of all BRICS countries and Türkiye itself.
#MiddleEast
The failure to settle the long-standing Arab-Israeli conflict has sparked a new wave of violence, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza. The number of casualties in Lebanon reaches thousands. More and more countries are becoming embroiled in this escalating confrontation.
Russia has condemned Israel for killing political leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as high-ranking Iranian military officials. We asked the UN Security Council to give its assessment of these deeds, but this initiative was blocked by opposition from Western members of the Council.
We urge all parties to refrain from actions that could further escalate violence and lead to a situation beyond control. There will be no winners in this conflict.
The way to normalise the situation lies in halting the bloodshed and creating conditions for a political resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on universal international legal principles. This includes the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. Only this solution can guarantee lasting peace in the Middle East.
#Ukraine
Russia is open to achieving a political settlement, but this should not merely lead to a temporary ceasefire; it must lead to a resolution of the conflict by eliminating its root causes. These include NATO’s eastward expansion, the creation of threats to Russia’s essential security interests, and the Kiev regime’s infringement on the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine.
At the moment, our opponents do not appear to want peace. Ukraine’s reaction to President Vladimir Putin’s peace initiative proposed in June was an invasion of the Kursk Region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, along with airstrikes on targets in other border areas. Washington and its allies continue to provide extensive support to Kiev, discuss the possibility of using Western long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory. Vladimir Zelensky has not revoked his order prohibiting negotiations with Moscow. Given these circumstances, it seems unlikely that any country, including Türkiye, will succeed in mediation efforts.
#RussiaUS
Whoever wins the election, we see no real prospects of the United States changing its Russophobic course. For our part, we will be ready for dialogue if and when the Americans demonstrate serious intentions to negotiate honestly, based on respect for each other’s interests and the principle of reciprocity.
#BRICS
We welcome Türkiye’s interest in strengthening ties with BRICS. This reflects the appeal of the group that is based on respect for the UN Charter, openness, pragmatism, and non-directedness against third parties.
We support the expansion of BRICS relations with countries of the Global Majority, particularly those committed to upholding multilateral approaches, pursuing a sovereign foreign policy, and refraining from participating in unilateral sanctions.
During the Summit in Kazan, a decision was made to strengthen the current composition of BRICS by including partner countries in the group. I am confident that Türkiye can make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing development of BRICS. The parameters for Türkiye’s participation in the group will be determined by consensus, respecting the sovereign choices of all BRICS countries and Türkiye itself.
#MiddleEast
The failure to settle the long-standing Arab-Israeli conflict has sparked a new wave of violence, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza. The number of casualties in Lebanon reaches thousands. More and more countries are becoming embroiled in this escalating confrontation.
Russia has condemned Israel for killing political leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as high-ranking Iranian military officials. We asked the UN Security Council to give its assessment of these deeds, but this initiative was blocked by opposition from Western members of the Council.
We urge all parties to refrain from actions that could further escalate violence and lead to a situation beyond control. There will be no winners in this conflict.
The way to normalise the situation lies in halting the bloodshed and creating conditions for a political resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on universal international legal principles. This includes the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. Only this solution can guarantee lasting peace in the Middle East.
#Ukraine
Russia is open to achieving a political settlement, but this should not merely lead to a temporary ceasefire; it must lead to a resolution of the conflict by eliminating its root causes. These include NATO’s eastward expansion, the creation of threats to Russia’s essential security interests, and the Kiev regime’s infringement on the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine.
At the moment, our opponents do not appear to want peace. Ukraine’s reaction to President Vladimir Putin’s peace initiative proposed in June was an invasion of the Kursk Region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, along with airstrikes on targets in other border areas. Washington and its allies continue to provide extensive support to Kiev, discuss the possibility of using Western long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory. Vladimir Zelensky has not revoked his order prohibiting negotiations with Moscow. Given these circumstances, it seems unlikely that any country, including Türkiye, will succeed in mediation efforts.
#RussiaUS
Whoever wins the election, we see no real prospects of the United States changing its Russophobic course. For our part, we will be ready for dialogue if and when the Americans demonstrate serious intentions to negotiate honestly, based on respect for each other’s interests and the principle of reciprocity.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Choe Son-hui
📍 Moscow, November 1, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are sincerely delighted to welcome you to Moscow for these strategic consultations.
The bilateral relations between our countries have reached an unprecedented level over the past years thanks to the special attention and care by President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un. The signing of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in Pyongyang during the historical meeting between our two leaders elevated these relations to a whole new level.
Indeed, this is a strategic partnership, including in terms of the momentum we have built in promoting out political dialogue. The June summit became a major milestone. In 2023, Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un undertook an important visit to Vostochny Space Launch Centre. This was a very important visit from a practical standpoint. This is the sixth time you and I have a meeting this year.
The Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has laid a solid foundation for further strengthening our bilateral relations in all their aspects. It is also designed to play a stabilising role in Northeast Asia and across our continent in general.
🤝 We are grateful to our North Korean friends for their principled position regarding the developments in Ukraine, which result from the Western policy of promoting NATO’s eastward expansion and encouraging what amounts to an outright racist regime in its efforts to eliminate all things Russian in education, culture and even in everyday life. They have recently enacted legislation to ban the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Our countries have established close military-to-military contacts and at the level of our respective security agencies. This enables us to address and be effective in our efforts and achieve important objectives for the sake of ensuring security for our citizens.
The Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation has been hard at work. It held its latest meeting on November 15, 2023, and it will hold its next 11th meeting in November 2024 in Pyongyang. I am certain that it will devise recommendations that would enable us to expand our trade, investment and economic ties.
We appreciate our proactive cultural, humanitarian and educational exchanges, and are committed to further expanding them, especially considering the attention and commitment by the people of Russia and the DPRK to forge closer ties in these domains.
Inter-parliamentary ties are also a prominent element in our partnership. The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK have established dedicated groups for promoting friendship between our countries. We believe in the importance of regularly exchanging parliamentary delegations and ensuring close party-to-party cooperation between United Russia and the Workers’ Party of Korea.
❗️ We have so many things on our bilateral agenda, and must regularly touch base on international and regional matters.
I appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation with you today in this comradely setting to discuss all these matters in order to come to a shared understanding of how our two foreign ministries can contribute to carrying out the provisions of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
I am delighted to see you. Once again, welcome.
#RussiaDPRK
📍 Moscow, November 1, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We are sincerely delighted to welcome you to Moscow for these strategic consultations.
The bilateral relations between our countries have reached an unprecedented level over the past years thanks to the special attention and care by President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un. The signing of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in Pyongyang during the historical meeting between our two leaders elevated these relations to a whole new level.
Indeed, this is a strategic partnership, including in terms of the momentum we have built in promoting out political dialogue. The June summit became a major milestone. In 2023, Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un undertook an important visit to Vostochny Space Launch Centre. This was a very important visit from a practical standpoint. This is the sixth time you and I have a meeting this year.
The Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has laid a solid foundation for further strengthening our bilateral relations in all their aspects. It is also designed to play a stabilising role in Northeast Asia and across our continent in general.
🤝 We are grateful to our North Korean friends for their principled position regarding the developments in Ukraine, which result from the Western policy of promoting NATO’s eastward expansion and encouraging what amounts to an outright racist regime in its efforts to eliminate all things Russian in education, culture and even in everyday life. They have recently enacted legislation to ban the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Our countries have established close military-to-military contacts and at the level of our respective security agencies. This enables us to address and be effective in our efforts and achieve important objectives for the sake of ensuring security for our citizens.
The Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation has been hard at work. It held its latest meeting on November 15, 2023, and it will hold its next 11th meeting in November 2024 in Pyongyang. I am certain that it will devise recommendations that would enable us to expand our trade, investment and economic ties.
We appreciate our proactive cultural, humanitarian and educational exchanges, and are committed to further expanding them, especially considering the attention and commitment by the people of Russia and the DPRK to forge closer ties in these domains.
Inter-parliamentary ties are also a prominent element in our partnership. The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK have established dedicated groups for promoting friendship between our countries. We believe in the importance of regularly exchanging parliamentary delegations and ensuring close party-to-party cooperation between United Russia and the Workers’ Party of Korea.
❗️ We have so many things on our bilateral agenda, and must regularly touch base on international and regional matters.
I appreciate the opportunity to have this conversation with you today in this comradely setting to discuss all these matters in order to come to a shared understanding of how our two foreign ministries can contribute to carrying out the provisions of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
I am delighted to see you. Once again, welcome.
#RussiaDPRK
Forwarded from ASEAN Centre in MGIMO
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Регистрация для слушателей конференции продлится до 4 ноября (включительно).
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👨🎓Dear friends!
We are glad to announce that the audience registration for the international conference “Russia and ASEAN in Asia-Pacific Region: Dynamics of Cooperation, Regional Processes and the Global Context” is open now!
To participate in the conference as an audience member please fill in the registration form. (For foreign audience). The registration for audience will be open till November 4, 2024.
We also remind you that to participate in the conference as a speaker you should fill in the registration form and send an abstract to asean@inno.mgimo.ru.
Deadline for the applications and registration for speakers: October 13, 2024.
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Для участия в конференции в качестве слушателя, пожалуйста, заполните регистрационную форму. (для граждан России).
Регистрация для слушателей конференции продлится до 4 ноября (включительно).
Также напоминаем, что для участия в конференции в качестве докладчика до 13 октября (включительно) необходимо заполнить регистрационную форму и направить тезисы выступления по адресу asean@inno.mgimo.ru.
👨🎓Dear friends!
We are glad to announce that the audience registration for the international conference “Russia and ASEAN in Asia-Pacific Region: Dynamics of Cooperation, Regional Processes and the Global Context” is open now!
To participate in the conference as an audience member please fill in the registration form. (For foreign audience). The registration for audience will be open till November 4, 2024.
We also remind you that to participate in the conference as a speaker you should fill in the registration form and send an abstract to asean@inno.mgimo.ru.
Deadline for the applications and registration for speakers: October 13, 2024.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the TV BRICS international media network, Moscow, November 2, 2024
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1979032/?lang=en
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1979032/?lang=en
🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the International Symposium 'Inventing the Future' (Moscow, November 4, 2024)
Key talking points:
• The global balance of power is undergoing transformative changes, driven by the objective trends in the world economy where the influence of the states of the Global South and the Global East, and indeed the World Majority, is growing.
• The economic resurgence enables an increasing number of non-Western nations to consistently bolster their sovereignty and to pursue a nationally oriented agenda in both foreign and domestic policy.
• Following the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Washington and its allies, as part of the hybrid war they are waging, have launched an aggressive sanctions campaign against Russia. In the past decade, more than 21,000 sanctions have been imposed on our country across various domains, including economy, finance, trade, investment, media, culture, sport, and broadly, people-to-people contacts. These neo-colonial practices of the West primarily impact the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• The adverse effect of this campaign against the undesired is that the West is undermining itself. <...> Western capitals have conveniently forgotten principles such as fair competition, the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, among others.
• When economic pressure fails to sway truly sovereign nations, the West, led by the United States, resorts to threats, blackmail, and even the use of force.
• It is sad to state that the ruling elites in many European countries evidently see no future for themselves in a multipolar world and are looking instead to the overseas hegemon to save them.
• The West is never satisfied with what they have. The war they started against Russia in Europe wasn’t enough.
• NATO now plans to conduct “defensive” operations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait which lie thousands of miles away from its shores. Any right-minded observer knows that this path will lead nowhere.
• The obsession [of the West] with controlling absolutely everything has led to a rash of tragedies in the Middle East.
• This year, yet another independent UN member — Yemen — came under an aggression of the West [Anglo-Saxons]. The Syrian Arab Republic is still reeling from the shock of American interference. The United States has effectively blocked all multilateral mechanisms aimed at promoting the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.
• The serious challenges facing the world call for a united effort based on equality, rather than submission to those who seek global dominance.
• Establishing direct contacts and horizontal ties among all regional integration entities and with #BRICS which already includes the key countries that are regional leaders, is a significant step towards multipolarity.
• Another area of focus is the de-dollarisation of the international financial and economic system. I wish to remind you that the share of national currencies in Russia's transactions with the #SCO and #EAEU countries has surpassed 90%, and with the BRICS nations, we are approaching 65%. This figure continues to grow.
🇺🇳 People often ask: what will multipolarity rely on in terms of international legal foundation? There’s no need to look for new principles; they are all there in the UN Charter 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules.
The problem is that our Western partners have never fully respected these principles.
Read in full https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1979085/?lang=en
Key talking points:
• The global balance of power is undergoing transformative changes, driven by the objective trends in the world economy where the influence of the states of the Global South and the Global East, and indeed the World Majority, is growing.
• The economic resurgence enables an increasing number of non-Western nations to consistently bolster their sovereignty and to pursue a nationally oriented agenda in both foreign and domestic policy.
• Following the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Washington and its allies, as part of the hybrid war they are waging, have launched an aggressive sanctions campaign against Russia. In the past decade, more than 21,000 sanctions have been imposed on our country across various domains, including economy, finance, trade, investment, media, culture, sport, and broadly, people-to-people contacts. These neo-colonial practices of the West primarily impact the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• The adverse effect of this campaign against the undesired is that the West is undermining itself. <...> Western capitals have conveniently forgotten principles such as fair competition, the inviolability of property, the presumption of innocence, among others.
• When economic pressure fails to sway truly sovereign nations, the West, led by the United States, resorts to threats, blackmail, and even the use of force.
• It is sad to state that the ruling elites in many European countries evidently see no future for themselves in a multipolar world and are looking instead to the overseas hegemon to save them.
• The West is never satisfied with what they have. The war they started against Russia in Europe wasn’t enough.
• NATO now plans to conduct “defensive” operations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait which lie thousands of miles away from its shores. Any right-minded observer knows that this path will lead nowhere.
• The obsession [of the West] with controlling absolutely everything has led to a rash of tragedies in the Middle East.
• This year, yet another independent UN member — Yemen — came under an aggression of the West [Anglo-Saxons]. The Syrian Arab Republic is still reeling from the shock of American interference. The United States has effectively blocked all multilateral mechanisms aimed at promoting the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.
• The serious challenges facing the world call for a united effort based on equality, rather than submission to those who seek global dominance.
• Establishing direct contacts and horizontal ties among all regional integration entities and with #BRICS which already includes the key countries that are regional leaders, is a significant step towards multipolarity.
• Another area of focus is the de-dollarisation of the international financial and economic system. I wish to remind you that the share of national currencies in Russia's transactions with the #SCO and #EAEU countries has surpassed 90%, and with the BRICS nations, we are approaching 65%. This figure continues to grow.
🇺🇳 People often ask: what will multipolarity rely on in terms of international legal foundation? There’s no need to look for new principles; they are all there in the UN Charter 👉 #UNCharterIsOurRules.
The problem is that our Western partners have never fully respected these principles.
Read in full https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1979085/?lang=en
🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to Rossiya Segodnya news agency (November 5, 2024)
#BRICS
• The XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan came as a landmark international event not only of the year, but in recent history as well. Its success highlighted the futility of attempts to isolate Russia internationally.
• As we sensed during the Summit, [the creation of a payment network that is resistant to external risks] is what non-Western countries are increasingly interested in.
#MiddleEast
Since the onset of unprecedented crisis [in the Middle East] in October 2023, the BRICS countries have come together to support the rights of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
• Shortly after the beginning of the Israeli operation in Gaza, we coordinated with our BRICS partners and other like-minded nations to submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, calling for an end to military actions and for unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza. However, this resolution was blocked by the United States and its allies.
#NATO
• If [long-range] weapons are employed [by the Kiev regime to attack the territory of Russia], it would mean that not only Ukraine but also NATO countries are openly fighting Russia.
• Our opponents should not disillusion themselves. In the event of aggression by NATO or its individual member states against our country, an appropriate response will ensue, in full compliance with Russia's sovereign right to self-defence and with the use of any means necessary to ensure its security, as stipulated in the UN Charter. And none of the instigators will be able to lie low, not across the Atlantic Ocean nor across the English Channel.
#Ukraine #UN
• Kiev continues to exert pressure on Antonio Guterres, demonstrating a blatant disregard for the UN Charter in an attempt to compel him and the entire UN Secretariat to align completely with Ukraine and its Western sponsors. This approach directly contravenes the constituent instrument of the Organisation, specifically paragraph 2 of Article 100 of the UN Charter, which prohibits any member state from attempting to influence the Secretary-General or other UN representatives.
#Transnistria #Moldova
• The situation surrounding Transnistria is complex. <...> I trust that the Moldovan authorities will exercise sufficient common sense to avoid ill-considered actions that could exacerbate tensions.
• There are suggestions that the regional context necessitates new dialogue platforms on the Transnistrian issue, questioning the value of the 5+2 format. We disagree with this view and believe that external assistance to facilitate direct dialogue between Chisinau and Tiraspol is essential.
#USA
• Washington continues to actively perpetuate its own myth of Russian interference in any election, whether "at home" or in any third country. If an election results in a victory for forces undesirable to the United States, Russia is immediately blamed for the "wrong" electoral choice of the voters.
• The Americans are attempting to attribute to us actions they themselves are engaged in. As the saying goes, God marks the crook.
#Georgia
• The United States and the EU are artificially trying to frame the current electoral process in Georgia as a strategic choice between Russia and the West, thereby attempting to present Georgia and other post-Soviet states with a false dilemma.
• In reality, it is a choice between sovereign development based on national interests and external governance, between traditional values and neo-liberal principles imposed from outside.
#SouthCaucasus
• We commend the significant progress made within the Azerbaijani-Armenian peace process.
• Unlike Western pseudo-mediators, we refrain from pressuring our partners into hastily concluding a peace treaty. We are convinced that a rushed peace, lacking comprehensive consideration of Baku and Yerevan's positions and the realities on the ground, would be counterproductive, creating additional risks of tension and potential conflict
#BRICS
• The XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan came as a landmark international event not only of the year, but in recent history as well. Its success highlighted the futility of attempts to isolate Russia internationally.
• As we sensed during the Summit, [the creation of a payment network that is resistant to external risks] is what non-Western countries are increasingly interested in.
#MiddleEast
Since the onset of unprecedented crisis [in the Middle East] in October 2023, the BRICS countries have come together to support the rights of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
• Shortly after the beginning of the Israeli operation in Gaza, we coordinated with our BRICS partners and other like-minded nations to submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, calling for an end to military actions and for unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza. However, this resolution was blocked by the United States and its allies.
#NATO
• If [long-range] weapons are employed [by the Kiev regime to attack the territory of Russia], it would mean that not only Ukraine but also NATO countries are openly fighting Russia.
• Our opponents should not disillusion themselves. In the event of aggression by NATO or its individual member states against our country, an appropriate response will ensue, in full compliance with Russia's sovereign right to self-defence and with the use of any means necessary to ensure its security, as stipulated in the UN Charter. And none of the instigators will be able to lie low, not across the Atlantic Ocean nor across the English Channel.
#Ukraine #UN
• Kiev continues to exert pressure on Antonio Guterres, demonstrating a blatant disregard for the UN Charter in an attempt to compel him and the entire UN Secretariat to align completely with Ukraine and its Western sponsors. This approach directly contravenes the constituent instrument of the Organisation, specifically paragraph 2 of Article 100 of the UN Charter, which prohibits any member state from attempting to influence the Secretary-General or other UN representatives.
#Transnistria #Moldova
• The situation surrounding Transnistria is complex. <...> I trust that the Moldovan authorities will exercise sufficient common sense to avoid ill-considered actions that could exacerbate tensions.
• There are suggestions that the regional context necessitates new dialogue platforms on the Transnistrian issue, questioning the value of the 5+2 format. We disagree with this view and believe that external assistance to facilitate direct dialogue between Chisinau and Tiraspol is essential.
#USA
• Washington continues to actively perpetuate its own myth of Russian interference in any election, whether "at home" or in any third country. If an election results in a victory for forces undesirable to the United States, Russia is immediately blamed for the "wrong" electoral choice of the voters.
• The Americans are attempting to attribute to us actions they themselves are engaged in. As the saying goes, God marks the crook.
#Georgia
• The United States and the EU are artificially trying to frame the current electoral process in Georgia as a strategic choice between Russia and the West, thereby attempting to present Georgia and other post-Soviet states with a false dilemma.
• In reality, it is a choice between sovereign development based on national interests and external governance, between traditional values and neo-liberal principles imposed from outside.
#SouthCaucasus
• We commend the significant progress made within the Azerbaijani-Armenian peace process.
• Unlike Western pseudo-mediators, we refrain from pressuring our partners into hastily concluding a peace treaty. We are convinced that a rushed peace, lacking comprehensive consideration of Baku and Yerevan's positions and the realities on the ground, would be counterproductive, creating additional risks of tension and potential conflict