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🇷🇺🇹🇩 On June 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited N’Djamena for the first time in the history of bilateral relations. During the visit, President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby received Sergey Lavrov who also held talks with Minister of State - Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Overseas Citizens of Chad and International Cooperation, Abderaman Koulamallah.
The Officials discussed multiple issues of strengthening the traditionally friendly Russia-Chad ties still further. Moscow and N’Djamena reaffirmed their commitment to deepening trust-based political dialogue and expanding foreign policy coordination on topical issues of the international and regional agendas at the UN and other multilateral platforms.
The Officials reviewed:
• options for expanding trade, economic and investment partnership,
• upgrading the contractual and legal framework,
• implementing promising joint projects in the field of energy, construction and infrastructure modernisation, minerals production and processing, agriculture and healthcare.
They focused on expanding education cooperation and training specialists for Chad at Russian educational institutions.
They emphasised the consolidated and principled approach of Moscow and N’Djamena in favour of forging a more equitable and polycentric world order that would prioritise the leading role of international law and the UN Charter, renounce the practice of dictate and neocolonialism in global affairs.
🇺🇳 The Sides coordinated their positions on issues of overhauling the UN Security Council and reaffirmed their common interest in increasing the share of sovereign African states among UNSC members.
🌍 While discussing efforts to unblock conflicts on the African continent, the Sides emphasised that there was no alternative to using political and diplomatic methods, with regional organisations playing the leading role, and the international community providing its support through the UN.
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The Officials discussed multiple issues of strengthening the traditionally friendly Russia-Chad ties still further. Moscow and N’Djamena reaffirmed their commitment to deepening trust-based political dialogue and expanding foreign policy coordination on topical issues of the international and regional agendas at the UN and other multilateral platforms.
The Officials reviewed:
• options for expanding trade, economic and investment partnership,
• upgrading the contractual and legal framework,
• implementing promising joint projects in the field of energy, construction and infrastructure modernisation, minerals production and processing, agriculture and healthcare.
They focused on expanding education cooperation and training specialists for Chad at Russian educational institutions.
They emphasised the consolidated and principled approach of Moscow and N’Djamena in favour of forging a more equitable and polycentric world order that would prioritise the leading role of international law and the UN Charter, renounce the practice of dictate and neocolonialism in global affairs.
🇺🇳 The Sides coordinated their positions on issues of overhauling the UN Security Council and reaffirmed their common interest in increasing the share of sovereign African states among UNSC members.
🌍 While discussing efforts to unblock conflicts on the African continent, the Sides emphasised that there was no alternative to using political and diplomatic methods, with regional organisations playing the leading role, and the international community providing its support through the UN.
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🇷🇺🇹🇩 FM Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Overseas Citizens of Chad and International Cooperation Abderaman Koulamallah (N’Djamena, June 5, 2024)
💬 Symbolically, the Russian Foreign Minister’s first visit to the Republic of Chad takes place during the year, when we mark the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries. Earlier today, we recalled the USSR’s contribution to the decolonisation process, including its assistance to Chad in gaining independence.
• We have appraised positively the progress in our relations. We maintain regular political dialogue.
• We have confirmed our shared interest in expanding Russian-Chadian trade, economic, and investment cooperation. There are numerous initiatives here, which require a focus on both sides.
• We have an interest in developing mineral resources, geological prospecting, and energy, as well as the construction of infrastructure facilities, agriculture, healthcare, and education. At a meeting today, President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno said he would personally direct the activities of his country’s ministries and agencies, which will be involved in implementing mutually beneficial projects in conjunction with their Russian partners in the above areas and more.
• We have been successfully involved in traditional military and military-technical cooperation for a long time now. We obtained a confirmation of interest in providing the Chadian armed forces with the Russian equipment.
• We have close and in many instances overlapping positions on key regional and global issues. Like our Chadian friends, we believe that democratisation of international life, ensuring the sovereign equality of all states - large or small - as laid out in the UN Charter, and implementing the principles of the Charter in their entirety and interrelation rather than selectively (depending on the case at hand) is imperative and critically important
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💬 Symbolically, the Russian Foreign Minister’s first visit to the Republic of Chad takes place during the year, when we mark the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries. Earlier today, we recalled the USSR’s contribution to the decolonisation process, including its assistance to Chad in gaining independence.
• We have appraised positively the progress in our relations. We maintain regular political dialogue.
• We have confirmed our shared interest in expanding Russian-Chadian trade, economic, and investment cooperation. There are numerous initiatives here, which require a focus on both sides.
• We have an interest in developing mineral resources, geological prospecting, and energy, as well as the construction of infrastructure facilities, agriculture, healthcare, and education. At a meeting today, President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno said he would personally direct the activities of his country’s ministries and agencies, which will be involved in implementing mutually beneficial projects in conjunction with their Russian partners in the above areas and more.
• We have been successfully involved in traditional military and military-technical cooperation for a long time now. We obtained a confirmation of interest in providing the Chadian armed forces with the Russian equipment.
• We have close and in many instances overlapping positions on key regional and global issues. Like our Chadian friends, we believe that democratisation of international life, ensuring the sovereign equality of all states - large or small - as laid out in the UN Charter, and implementing the principles of the Charter in their entirety and interrelation rather than selectively (depending on the case at hand) is imperative and critically important
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🇷🇺🇹🇩 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions during a joint news conference following talks with Abderaman Koulamallah, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chadians Abroad of the Republic of Chad (N'Djamena, June 5, 2024)
Key talking points:
• We have agreed to devote priority attention to the efforts that would give a boost to our trade and economic links and investment cooperation to reach the same high level as our political dialogue as well as links in defence and security, humanitarian affairs and education.
• We are developing cooperation in security. Chad is interested in it, considering that the terrorist threats in the region, associated with the destruction of Libyan statehood in 2011, persist.
• Our common view is that the tasks set last January at the level of Presidents, must be our priorities. Today, we have discussed immediate steps to progress in these tasks.
• I have mentioned the agreements on defence and military-technical cooperation, which the Russian Federation and the Republic of Chad signed long ago. These agreements were not left on paper; they are being implemented. The Chadian armed and security forces receive Russian weapons and military equipment that strengthen your country’s defence capability and enable it to fight terrorism more effectively. This cooperation will go on.
• Our Chadian friends will soon compile a list of projects, in which they would welcome Russian corporate involvement. <...> President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was particularly interested in peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
• I can guarantee that out friendship with Chad will in no way affect our relations with France. France has different approaches. It proceeds from the assumption that either you are with us or against us. <…> We have a different principle. We are friends with those who want to be friends. We never ally with someone against someone else.
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Key talking points:
• We have agreed to devote priority attention to the efforts that would give a boost to our trade and economic links and investment cooperation to reach the same high level as our political dialogue as well as links in defence and security, humanitarian affairs and education.
• We are developing cooperation in security. Chad is interested in it, considering that the terrorist threats in the region, associated with the destruction of Libyan statehood in 2011, persist.
• Our common view is that the tasks set last January at the level of Presidents, must be our priorities. Today, we have discussed immediate steps to progress in these tasks.
• I have mentioned the agreements on defence and military-technical cooperation, which the Russian Federation and the Republic of Chad signed long ago. These agreements were not left on paper; they are being implemented. The Chadian armed and security forces receive Russian weapons and military equipment that strengthen your country’s defence capability and enable it to fight terrorism more effectively. This cooperation will go on.
• Our Chadian friends will soon compile a list of projects, in which they would welcome Russian corporate involvement. <...> President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was particularly interested in peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
• I can guarantee that out friendship with Chad will in no way affect our relations with France. France has different approaches. It proceeds from the assumption that either you are with us or against us. <…> We have a different principle. We are friends with those who want to be friends. We never ally with someone against someone else.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇨🇳 Joint Statement on behalf of the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation under the agenda item 6 of the session of the IAEA Board of Governors «Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015)»
📃 Our countries have continuously been strong supporters of the JCPOA.
We spared no effort in attempting to restore the JCPOA, participating in nine rounds of negotiations here in Vienna. Our three countries confirmed readiness to conclude the agreement on the restoration of the agreement based on the text of August 2022.
☝️ Unfortunately, other participants of the JCPOA – France, Germany and the UK – as well as the US, despite their promises, chose a different course of action, foregoing our shared goal of resumption of the JCPOA implementation for the sake of their own political considerations.
The People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are of the view that provisions of the JCPOA continue to be valid – as underpinned by the UNSCR 2231.
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While recalling paragraph 8 of the UNSCR 2231, we emphasize that after the time frames envisaged in the JCPOA and UNSCR 2231, the Iranian nuclear programme will be treated in the same manner as that of any other non-nuclear weapon state party to the NPT.
❗️ Should the full implementation of the JCPOA be in place today, it would have alleviated the overwhelming majority of existing questions regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme on a mutually accepted basis.
The People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are convinced that it is time for Western countries to demonstrate political will, restrain themselves from the endless wheel of escalation that they have been spinning for the past almost two years and take the necessary step towards the revival of the JCPOA.
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📃 Our countries have continuously been strong supporters of the JCPOA.
We spared no effort in attempting to restore the JCPOA, participating in nine rounds of negotiations here in Vienna. Our three countries confirmed readiness to conclude the agreement on the restoration of the agreement based on the text of August 2022.
☝️ Unfortunately, other participants of the JCPOA – France, Germany and the UK – as well as the US, despite their promises, chose a different course of action, foregoing our shared goal of resumption of the JCPOA implementation for the sake of their own political considerations.
The People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are of the view that provisions of the JCPOA continue to be valid – as underpinned by the UNSCR 2231.
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While recalling paragraph 8 of the UNSCR 2231, we emphasize that after the time frames envisaged in the JCPOA and UNSCR 2231, the Iranian nuclear programme will be treated in the same manner as that of any other non-nuclear weapon state party to the NPT.
❗️ Should the full implementation of the JCPOA be in place today, it would have alleviated the overwhelming majority of existing questions regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme on a mutually accepted basis.
The People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are convinced that it is time for Western countries to demonstrate political will, restrain themselves from the endless wheel of escalation that they have been spinning for the past almost two years and take the necessary step towards the revival of the JCPOA.
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As UK remembers D-Day, we pay tribute to all Allied servicemen and women as well as Merchant Navy sailors who fought Nazism along with their Soviet brothers- and sisters-in-arms who broke the back of Hitler's forces on the Eastern Front. We send out best wishes to the British Veterans of World War II.
As President Vladimir Putin said on 9 May 2024, Russia has never belittled the significance of the Second Front or that of Allied assistance. We will never forget our joint struggle.
Today Russia remains faithful to the cause of rooting out Nazism and neo-Nazism. The eradication of this criminal ideology is a key objective of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine.
As President Vladimir Putin said on 9 May 2024, Russia has never belittled the significance of the Second Front or that of Allied assistance. We will never forget our joint struggle.
Today Russia remains faithful to the cause of rooting out Nazism and neo-Nazism. The eradication of this criminal ideology is a key objective of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine.
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🇷🇺🇧🇴 Russia's President Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, who came to Russia on an official visit, in the Constantine Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Russia. This is your first visit to Russia as the head of state, and we are delighted to have you here.
I have no doubt that you will make a substantial contribution to the work of our forum, considering that you have a degree in economics and previously held the posts of minister of the economy and minister of finance. I hope you will find the discussions that are being held at the forum today and those that are scheduled for tomorrow interesting.
Turning to the bilateral relations between Russia and Bolivia, they are built on a solid foundation of respect for each other’s interests. Although our mutual trade is relatively small in monetary terms, there has been positive growth: last year, it increased by over 2 percent, or 2.5 percent, if I am not mistaken.
🤝 There are several interesting spheres of cooperation, including high technology. Rosatom is implementing a good programme and is building a nuclear research and technology centre in El Alto. One of the completed projects is a radiopharmacology complex, the largest in Latin America, which is already supplying medicines to Bolivian clinics.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Russia. This is your first visit to Russia as the head of state, and we are delighted to have you here.
I have no doubt that you will make a substantial contribution to the work of our forum, considering that you have a degree in economics and previously held the posts of minister of the economy and minister of finance. I hope you will find the discussions that are being held at the forum today and those that are scheduled for tomorrow interesting.
Turning to the bilateral relations between Russia and Bolivia, they are built on a solid foundation of respect for each other’s interests. Although our mutual trade is relatively small in monetary terms, there has been positive growth: last year, it increased by over 2 percent, or 2.5 percent, if I am not mistaken.
🤝 There are several interesting spheres of cooperation, including high technology. Rosatom is implementing a good programme and is building a nuclear research and technology centre in El Alto. One of the completed projects is a radiopharmacology complex, the largest in Latin America, which is already supplying medicines to Bolivian clinics.
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🤝 Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Dilma Rousseff, President of the BRICS New Development Bank.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Last year we met on the sidelines of the #RussiaAfrica Summit. I am glad to have a chance to continue our dialogue. I must note that over this year the bank has managed to do a lot under your leadership. It has shown a significant net profit for the first time; in fact, it is becoming sustainable and operating more smoothly and successfully.
I hope today we will have a chance to talk about the bank’s further development and our cooperation with the bank, as well as discuss what can be done together, including on such large platforms as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Moreover, the topic is very acute: Developing multipolarity and strengthening its economic base.
Of course, your opinion as the bank’s chair and as former president of Brazil, political figure, and head of a big financial institution, would be very important in all the discussions held on the site of the International Economic Forum.
🇷🇺🇧🇷 Please give my best regards to the current President of Brazil, Mr Lula da Silva. We agreed to have a telephone conversation in a few days, to discuss bilateral ties. We also look forward to seeing him at the #BRICS summit in Kazan this autumn.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Last year we met on the sidelines of the #RussiaAfrica Summit. I am glad to have a chance to continue our dialogue. I must note that over this year the bank has managed to do a lot under your leadership. It has shown a significant net profit for the first time; in fact, it is becoming sustainable and operating more smoothly and successfully.
I hope today we will have a chance to talk about the bank’s further development and our cooperation with the bank, as well as discuss what can be done together, including on such large platforms as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Moreover, the topic is very acute: Developing multipolarity and strengthening its economic base.
Of course, your opinion as the bank’s chair and as former president of Brazil, political figure, and head of a big financial institution, would be very important in all the discussions held on the site of the International Economic Forum.
🇷🇺🇧🇷 Please give my best regards to the current President of Brazil, Mr Lula da Silva. We agreed to have a telephone conversation in a few days, to discuss bilateral ties. We also look forward to seeing him at the #BRICS summit in Kazan this autumn.
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🤝 Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik.
💬 Vladimir Putin: I warmly welcome you to St Petersburg. We saw each other not long ago in Kazan on the margins of a sporting event. You have accepted our invitation and are participating in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. We are happy to have you here. <...>
We are grateful to you for what you do in the spiritual sphere, and in supporting our ties through the foreign ministries.
You are aware of our position on the Dayton Accords.
It remains unchanged: only the powers that are laid out in these international legal documents provide the basis for not just preserving the situation, but improving and strengthening it. We will contribute to that in every possible way.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: I warmly welcome you to St Petersburg. We saw each other not long ago in Kazan on the margins of a sporting event. You have accepted our invitation and are participating in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. We are happy to have you here. <...>
We are grateful to you for what you do in the spiritual sphere, and in supporting our ties through the foreign ministries.
You are aware of our position on the Dayton Accords.
It remains unchanged: only the powers that are laid out in these international legal documents provide the basis for not just preserving the situation, but improving and strengthening it. We will contribute to that in every possible way.
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🌍 On June 6 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded his three-day African tour. The Russian delegation visited the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Chad.
🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea
Arrival in Conakry
Opening remarks during talks with FM of the Republic of Guinea Morissanda Kouyaté
Meeting with FM of the Republic of Guinea Morissanda Kouyaté
Exchange of gifts by the FMs of Russia and Guinea
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
Arrival and greetings at the airport of Oyo
Meeting with the President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso
Joint news conference with FM of the Republic of the Congo Jean-Claude Gakosso following talks
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
Arrival and a brief meeting with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré at the airport of Ouagadougou
Opening remarks during talks with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré
Talks with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré
Joint news conference with FM of Burkina Faso
Meeting with the President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré
Awarding the Minister with the nation's highest state award
Comment following his talks with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
Arrival in N'Djamena
Opening remarks during talks with FM of Chad Abderaman Koulamallah
Meeting with the President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby
Joint news conference following talks with FM of Chad Abderaman Koulamallah
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea
Arrival in Conakry
Opening remarks during talks with FM of the Republic of Guinea Morissanda Kouyaté
Meeting with FM of the Republic of Guinea Morissanda Kouyaté
Exchange of gifts by the FMs of Russia and Guinea
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
Arrival and greetings at the airport of Oyo
Meeting with the President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso
Joint news conference with FM of the Republic of the Congo Jean-Claude Gakosso following talks
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
Arrival and a brief meeting with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré at the airport of Ouagadougou
Opening remarks during talks with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré
Talks with FM of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré
Joint news conference with FM of Burkina Faso
Meeting with the President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré
Awarding the Minister with the nation's highest state award
Comment following his talks with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré
Summary press-release regarding the visit
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
Arrival in N'Djamena
Opening remarks during talks with FM of Chad Abderaman Koulamallah
Meeting with the President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby
Joint news conference following talks with FM of Chad Abderaman Koulamallah
Summary press-release regarding the visit
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🇷🇺🇿🇼 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held talks with President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa at the Constantine Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Russia‒Zimbabwe relations were established a long time ago when your nation was struggling for independence, and they continue to advance extensively.
I was pleased to note that our mutual trade increased severalfold over the past year. However, it is clear that we still have much work to do in diversifying our ties.
We have very good relations in the humanitarian and educational sectors. Currently, 400 young people from your country are studying in Russia, and we increase this quota on a regular basis.
I appreciate your involvement in our joint persistent efforts in the international arena. Our stances on the core issues on the international agenda are quite similar and even coinciding.
I am glad to have this opportunity to meet with you on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. I am confident that your presence here will serve as a testimony to the African continent’s interest in developing relations with Russia, which is among our priorities.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Russia‒Zimbabwe relations were established a long time ago when your nation was struggling for independence, and they continue to advance extensively.
I was pleased to note that our mutual trade increased severalfold over the past year. However, it is clear that we still have much work to do in diversifying our ties.
We have very good relations in the humanitarian and educational sectors. Currently, 400 young people from your country are studying in Russia, and we increase this quota on a regular basis.
I appreciate your involvement in our joint persistent efforts in the international arena. Our stances on the core issues on the international agenda are quite similar and even coinciding.
I am glad to have this opportunity to meet with you on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. I am confident that your presence here will serve as a testimony to the African continent’s interest in developing relations with Russia, which is among our priorities.
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#RussiaZimbabwe #RussiaAfrica
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of the Sudan Malik Agar (St Petersburg, June 7, 2024)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We hope that during our conversation you will share information on the latest developments in your country. We are primarily concerned with ending the conflict as soon as possible and returning to the national dialogue.
❗️ We are ready to assist this in every way.
A year ago, we met with you in Moscow. The situation was different at that time. In any case, there are now influential external players that are working out of sync. We would like to bring their efforts to a common denominator to prevent some or other forces inside the Sudan from being tempted to continue the conflict. We will discuss this in greater detail later today.
#RussiaSudan
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We hope that during our conversation you will share information on the latest developments in your country. We are primarily concerned with ending the conflict as soon as possible and returning to the national dialogue.
❗️ We are ready to assist this in every way.
A year ago, we met with you in Moscow. The situation was different at that time. In any case, there are now influential external players that are working out of sync. We would like to bring their efforts to a common denominator to prevent some or other forces inside the Sudan from being tempted to continue the conflict. We will discuss this in greater detail later today.
#RussiaSudan
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🗓 On June 8, 1920 — 104 years ago — the most successful ace pilot of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, Three-time Hero of the Soviet Union and to Marshal of Air Forces Ivan Kozhedub was born.
⚔️ Ivan Kozhedub achieved his first aerial victory at the age of 23, on July 6, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk. During his 40th combat sortie at Kursk, he engaged in a battle 12 enemy aircraft and shot down a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bomber, followed by another Stuka on July 7. On July 9, 1943, Kozhedub destroyed two Messerschmitt Me-109 fighters.
On October 1-12, 1943, he shot down 14 German aircraft during dogfights over the Dnieper — a unique combat episode in the history of Soviet aviation.
In August 1944, Kozhedub was appointed Deputy Commander of the 176th Guards Fighter Aircraft Regiment and started flying a new Lavochkin La-7 fighter.
During the Great Patriotic War, Kozhedub flew 330 combat missions, engaged in 120 dogfights and shot down 62 enemy aircraft.
After the Victory, he continued to serve with the Soviet Air Force and commanded a fighter aircraft division during the Korean War. Kozhedub was promoted to Air Marshal ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory.
🎖 Three-time Hero of the Soviet Union, Ivan Kozhedub received two Orders of Lenin, seven Orders of the Red Banner, one Order of Alexander Nevsky, one Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class, two Orders for of the Red Star, Orders for Service in the Soviet Armed Forces 2nd and 3rd Class, and multiple medals.
#FacesOfVictory #WeRemember
⚔️ Ivan Kozhedub achieved his first aerial victory at the age of 23, on July 6, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk. During his 40th combat sortie at Kursk, he engaged in a battle 12 enemy aircraft and shot down a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bomber, followed by another Stuka on July 7. On July 9, 1943, Kozhedub destroyed two Messerschmitt Me-109 fighters.
On October 1-12, 1943, he shot down 14 German aircraft during dogfights over the Dnieper — a unique combat episode in the history of Soviet aviation.
In August 1944, Kozhedub was appointed Deputy Commander of the 176th Guards Fighter Aircraft Regiment and started flying a new Lavochkin La-7 fighter.
During the Great Patriotic War, Kozhedub flew 330 combat missions, engaged in 120 dogfights and shot down 62 enemy aircraft.
After the Victory, he continued to serve with the Soviet Air Force and commanded a fighter aircraft division during the Korean War. Kozhedub was promoted to Air Marshal ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory.
#FacesOfVictory #WeRemember
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🏅 On June 9, 1945, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR issued an executive order to establish the medal For the Capture of Berlin, a symbol of the end of the Great Patriotic War and Victory over Nazism.
The Berlin Offensive, which lasted 23 days from April 16 to May 8, 1945, was the final chord in liberating Europe from the Nazi oppression. The troops of the three Red Army fronts, led by marshals Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky and Ivan Konev, overcame the resistance from the million-strong Wehrmacht troops, capturing the capital of Nazi Germany. In the early hours of May 1, 1945, the Victory Banner was raised atop of the Reichstag.
🖼️ A total of 116 sketches were submitted for the design competition for the medal For the Capture of Berlin. By May 3, 1945, the initial metal samples were cast based on the best designs. The sketch by artist Alexander Kuznetsov was approved as the final option.
👉 The decoration was presented to participants in the heroic battle and capture of Berlin. Overall, more than 1.1 million soldiers, officers and commanders received the medal.
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The Berlin Offensive, which lasted 23 days from April 16 to May 8, 1945, was the final chord in liberating Europe from the Nazi oppression. The troops of the three Red Army fronts, led by marshals Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky and Ivan Konev, overcame the resistance from the million-strong Wehrmacht troops, capturing the capital of Nazi Germany. In the early hours of May 1, 1945, the Victory Banner was raised atop of the Reichstag.
🖼️ A total of 116 sketches were submitted for the design competition for the medal For the Capture of Berlin. By May 3, 1945, the initial metal samples were cast based on the best designs. The sketch by artist Alexander Kuznetsov was approved as the final option.
👉 The decoration was presented to participants in the heroic battle and capture of Berlin. Overall, more than 1.1 million soldiers, officers and commanders received the medal.
#Victory79
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⚡️ The #BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 10-11) starts tomorrow!
As guests and participants are starting to arrive in Nizhny Novgorod, we share a sneak peek on how this amazing Russian city on the Volga River has prepared for this important BRICS event, an integral part of Russia's 2024 Chairship.
📹 #NizhnyNovgorod welcome BRICS and its like-minded friends!
As guests and participants are starting to arrive in Nizhny Novgorod, we share a sneak peek on how this amazing Russian city on the Volga River has prepared for this important BRICS event, an integral part of Russia's 2024 Chairship.
📹 #NizhnyNovgorod welcome BRICS and its like-minded friends!
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