🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇷🇵🇰 On September 27, the Foreign Ministers of the regional quartet – Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan – held their third meeting on the #Afghanistan agenda on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the event.

The Parties compared their approaches to the Afghanistan settlement and underscored that there was no alternative to establishing mutually respectful dialogue and partnership relations with the current authorities of Afghanistan.

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🇷🇺🇱🇧 On September 27, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon Abdallah Bou Habib on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

During the conversation the Ministers exchanged views on the unfolding military and political situation in the Middle East with an emphasis on the tragic events in Lebanon in the context of intensified bombings by the Israeli Air Force.

▪️ Sergey Lavrov expressed his condolences over civilian deaths in Lebanon and stressed the unacceptability of further escalation of the armed confrontation and its expansion on a regional scale.

He has confirmed Russia’s unwavering position in support of the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Lebanon. He stressed the need for the Lebanese themselves to promptly find consensus solutions to the issues on the national agenda, without any external interference.

The Ministers also discussed pressing issues of traditionally friendly Russian-Lebanese ties and confirmed their shared desire to continue close coordination at the UN and other multilateral platforms, and to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economic, humanitarian and other areas.

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🇷🇺🇧🇷 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira hold talks on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly

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