🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to the newspaper "Arguments and Facts" (October 21, 2024)

Key Points:

#BRICS

• BRICS epitomises the shifts that have long been underway in the global economy. New centres of economic growth are emerging, and alongside them comes financial influence, which in turn brings political influence.

• BRICS is a consortium where no single nation leads or is led, devoid of the bureaucratic machinery akin to that observed in Brussels, where EU officials impose decisions that contravene the will and interests of several member states, failing to align with the aspirations of voters across many countries.

• BRICS does not stand in opposition to any entity, nor does it orchestrate operations or initiate projects. BRICS is committed to enhancing the combined potential of its nations and devising collaborative strategies for harnessing these potentials for mutual benefit.

• What makes BRICS and other World Majority or Global East associations that do not include Western countries stand out, is that they are not created for the purpose of struggling or fighting with anyone. They are established to collectively benefit from their competitive advantages such as geographical location, shared history, cultural and humanitarian proximity <...>.

#USA

• The US is unwilling to relinquish the reins of power that they have held since World War II through the Bretton Woods institutions and through the role assigned to the US dollar in the international monetary system, even after free exchange of US dollars for gold had been cancelled.

• The key goal of the US ruling class is to make sure no one can undermine their dominance. This goal is illusory. The historical process is objectively heading in a different direction, and this has to be reckoned with.

• We are ready to interact with any administration voted in by the American people, but only if such a dialogue is mutually respectful, and both parties listen and hear what the other party has to say.

#Ukraine

• On multiple occasions, European leaders from Brussels have repeatedly made it clear that they must support Ukraine for as long as it takes, because Ukraine is fighting for the European values.

• It turns out that European leaders are still willing to uphold Nazi values, which is why denazification is not just a motto, but an objective of utmost importance.

#UN

• The United Nations is not a valiant knight expected to “charge in and extinguish the fire” upon witnessing injustice. The UN is an assembly of its member states, each with established rules, including the Security Council's veto rights. The United States has effectively exercised this right five times over the past year, blocking a resolution proposed by several countries, including Russia, demanding an immediate ceasefire. <...> Presently, the United States is taking every measure to avoid antagonising Israel.

• Nations such as India, Brazil, and African representatives should have long held permanent seats on the Security Council. This is essential to ensure representation of the World Majority.

#Finland #Sweden #NATO

• The zeal that the Finns and Swedes are showing in NATO, advocating for defeating Russia, is not only rooted in their historical instincts. They are also eager to show their Big Brothers in the North Atlantic Alliance that they have brought added value <...>.

• I am confident that reasonable people in Europe, who have learned the lessons taught by history, see this too, including in Finland and Sweden.

#Europe

• To reiterate, the so-called right-wing conservatives are loyal to their countries and their people. We will engage with anyone who approaches us with a proposal to talk, to seek common ground, and to think about how we can jointly make the lives of our citizens better.

#EurasianSecurity

• We suggest discussing the Eurasian continent-wide security architecture, emphasising the fact that its doors will be open to everyone, including countries from the West of the Eurasian continent.

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المقابلة الخاصة لسعادة السفير الروسي لدى جمهورية العراق السيد ايلبروس كوتراشيف لقناة العراقية الإخبارية. برنامج "ساعة حوار" مع احمد العذاري:

https://www.youtube.com/live/1oFumRA_3eU?feature=shared

📄 XVI BRICS Summit Kazan Declaration

📍 Kazan, Russia, October 23, 2024

Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security

✍️ We reiterate the importance of further enhancing BRICS solidarity and cooperation based on our mutual interests and key priorities and further strengthening our strategic partnership.

We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus. As we build upon 16 years of BRICS Summits, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars:

✅ political and security;
✅ economic and financial;
✅ cultural and people-to-people cooperation;

and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.

We welcome the considerable interest by countries of the Global South in BRICS and we endorse the Modalities of BRICS Partner Country Category. We strongly believe that extending the BRICS partnership with EMDCs will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and true international cooperation for the benefit of all. We commit to further promoting BRICS institutional development.

👉 Strengthening Multilateralism For A More Just And Democratic World Order

🇺🇳 We reaffirm our support for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges and support the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS countries, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council.

We recognise the crucial role of BRICS in the process of improving the international monetary and financial system (IMFS), with a view to making it more responsive to the needs of all countries.

👉 Enhancing cooperation for global and regional stability and security

We strongly support enhanced BRICS dialogue on policy and security issues.

We reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed.

👉 Fostering Economic and Financial Cooperation for Just Global Development

We underscore the need to reform the current international financial architecture to meet the global financial challenges including global economic governance to make the international financial architecture more inclusive and just.

👉 Strengthening people-to-people exchanges for social and economic development

#BRICS2024: We commend Russia's BRICS Chairship in 2024 and express our gratitude to the government and people of the Russian Federation for holding the XVI BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan.

#BRICS2025: We extend full support to Brazil for its BRICS Chairship in 2025 and the holding of the XVII BRICS Summit in Brazil.

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📸 #PhotoOfTheDay

🇷🇺🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦🇪🇹🇮🇷🇪🇬🇦🇪 Joint photo of the leaders of the BRICS nations' delegations at the XVI BRICS Summit 🤝

📍 Kazan, October 23, 2024

#BRICS2024

لقاء خاص | ايلبروس كوتراشيف - سعادة السفير الروسي في العراق
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استقبل سعادة السفير لروسيا الاتحادية لدى جمهورية العراق السيد إيلبروس كوتراشيف رئيس قسم العلاقات الخارجية لحركة الصادقون السيد ليث العذاري.

تم خلال اللقاء تبادل وجهات النظر حول آخر التطورات في لبنان وفلسطين ودور سلبي لدول الغرب فيها.

كما تناول اللقاء أهمية الحفاظ على الأمن والاستقرار في سوريا، مشددين على أن ذلك ينعكس بشكل مباشر على استقرار العراق والمنطقة.

وقدّم السيد العذاري تهانيه لروسيا على نجاحها في استضافة قمة “بريكس”، مشيدًا بأهمية هذا الحدث في مواجهة الهيمنة الغربية وإعادة التوازن إلى الاقتصاد العالمي.

وفي ختام اللقاء، أكد الجانبان على ضرورة تعزيز وتطوير العلاقات الاستراتيجية بين بغداد وموسكو في مختلف المجالات، لما تحمله من أهمية كبرى للبلدين.

رئيس الجمهورية يستقبل السفير الروسي

استقبل فخامة رئيس الجمهورية الدكتور عبد اللطيف جمال رشيد، اليوم الأربعاء 30 تشرين الأول 2024 في قصر بغداد، سفير جمهورية روسيا الاتحادية لدى العراق السيد ايلبروس كوتراشيف ناقلا لفخامته تحيات الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين وتهانيه بنجاح انتخابات برلمان إقليم كردستان.
وخلال اللقاء حمّل السيد الرئيس السفير كوتراشيف تحياته للرئيس بوتين وتقديره لمشاعره الطيبة، مؤكداً عمق علاقات الصداقة والتعاون بين العراق وروسيا وضرورة الارتقاء بها وبما يحقق المصالح المشتركة للبلدين الصديقين.
وأكد رئيس الجمهورية أهمية توسيع آفاق التعاون الثنائي وتوطيد روابط الصداقة وتفعيل آليات التعاون الثقافي من خلال تبادل البعثات الدراسية بين بغداد وموسكو في مختلف الاختصاصات.
كما جرى استعراض الأوضاع الإقليمية والدولية، وفي مقدمتها العدوان على لبنان وفلسطين، حيث أشار السيد الرئيس إلى أهمية وقف الاعتداءات على الشعبين اللبناني والفلسطيني والعمل على حماية المدنيين العزل، وإرساء الأمن والاستقرار في المنطقة، موضحاً في الوقت ذاته موقف العراق من الحرب الروسية - الأوكرانية الداعي إلى إنهائها واعتماد أسلوب الحوار والتفاهم للوصول إلى حلول للمشاكل بين البلدين وبما يخدم السلم والأمن الدوليين.
من جانبه، جدد السفير كوتراشيف دعم روسيا الاتحادية الكامل لاستقرار العراق وحرصها على تعزيز أواصر العلاقات الثنائية وتطويرها على مختلف الصعد السياسية والأمنية والاقتصادية وبما يعود بالمنفعة على البلدين الشعبين الصديقين.


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