Russia, #Iran determined to create mechanisms for implementing their independent economic relations regardless of any diktat, says #Lavrov.

Russia is doing everything to ensure the #Zaporozhye NPP could operate safely and that #IAEA inspectors complete their tasks, #Lavrov said.

#Russia expects perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the Russian Embassy in #Afghanistan will be punished shortly, #Lavrov said.

No one can deprive #Russia of its right to play important role in the #UN Security Council and United Nations itself, Wang Yi told #Lavrov.

By pumping #Ukraine with weapons the West aims to drag out the hostilities despite losses and destruction to weaken #Russia, #Lavrov said.

If anyone thinks the Kiev junta, the neo-Nazis represent the interests of people in eastern #Ukraine, it is far from reality, #Lavrov said.

#Russia will seek the implementation in deeds of the #UN Charter principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, #Lavrov said.

In its anti-Russian frenzy, the West lacks convincing arguments in recognizing reality over #referendums by international law, says #Lavrov.