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🗓 On October 7, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a regular meeting of the #CIS Council of Foreign Ministers held in Moscow.
The Ministers summed up the results of the Commonwealth foreign ministries’ joint work in view of implementing the priorities of the Russian chairmanship in 2024. A wide range of issues related to CIS format interaction were discussed.
Sergey Lavrov informed Russia’s partners about its approaches to the topical international and regional topics, including the developments in the Middle East and the crisis around Ukraine.
📃 Statements by the CIS Foreign Ministers on the principles of cooperation in ensuring security in Eurasia, the unacceptability of using unilateral restrictive measures in international relations, and on cooperation in the field of fitness and sports were adopted. The 2025 schedule of multi-level consultations between the CIS foreign ministries within the Commonwealth was approved. The status of CIS basic institutions has been assigned to a number of Russian and Belarusian institutes and universities specialising in training personnel in mass communications, legal advocacy and volunteer movements, as well as in the field of countering terrorism and extremism.
Most of the documents considered by the ministers will be submitted for approval to the Council of CIS Heads of State on October 8, 2024. These include draft addresses of the CIS Heads of State to the Commonwealth nations and the world community on the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a 2025-2027 cooperation programme in de-radicalisation, and a decision on determining the cultural capitals of the Commonwealth for the coming three years, among others.
ℹ️ The next meeting of the Council of CIS Foreign Ministers will be held on April 11, 2025 in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Ministers summed up the results of the Commonwealth foreign ministries’ joint work in view of implementing the priorities of the Russian chairmanship in 2024. A wide range of issues related to CIS format interaction were discussed.
Sergey Lavrov informed Russia’s partners about its approaches to the topical international and regional topics, including the developments in the Middle East and the crisis around Ukraine.
📃 Statements by the CIS Foreign Ministers on the principles of cooperation in ensuring security in Eurasia, the unacceptability of using unilateral restrictive measures in international relations, and on cooperation in the field of fitness and sports were adopted. The 2025 schedule of multi-level consultations between the CIS foreign ministries within the Commonwealth was approved. The status of CIS basic institutions has been assigned to a number of Russian and Belarusian institutes and universities specialising in training personnel in mass communications, legal advocacy and volunteer movements, as well as in the field of countering terrorism and extremism.
Most of the documents considered by the ministers will be submitted for approval to the Council of CIS Heads of State on October 8, 2024. These include draft addresses of the CIS Heads of State to the Commonwealth nations and the world community on the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a 2025-2027 cooperation programme in de-radicalisation, and a decision on determining the cultural capitals of the Commonwealth for the coming three years, among others.
ℹ️ The next meeting of the Council of CIS Foreign Ministers will be held on April 11, 2025 in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on Kiev regime using and planning to use chemical weapons
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Detailed information about the Kiev regime’s mass-scale use of warfare chemical agents in violation of its commitments under the CWC, as well as provocations staged by Kiev and its Western backers to falsely accuse the Russian Armed Forces of similar actions, has been regularly shared with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the UN Security Council, and the UN General Assembly since February 2022.
Despite irrefutable evidence provided by Russia, Ukrainian armed formations continue to use toxic chemicals (chlorine, ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and sulfuric acid) against Russian military units, civilians, and local administration officials. These include substances listed under CWC schedules 2 (BZ) and 3 (chloropicrin) and the RCAs.
This behaviour is enabled by political backing and approval coming from Washington, Berlin, London, and Paris.
Russian experts have documented Ukraine’s violations of
- CWC provisions,
- the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
Ukrainian armed formations also pose an environmental threat to chemical plants in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Sumy, Kharkov, and Odessa regions.
The "collective West" has created an atmosphere of impunity that emboldens the Kiev regime as it proceeds to perpetrate larger-scale crimes involving toxic chemicals.
⚠️ We have credible information that, with Western support, Ukraine plans to stage a series of anti-Russia provocations in the special military operation zone. Preparations are underway to fabricate evidence to accuse Russia of CWC violations during combat operations.
According to Russian authorities, NATO countries delivered over 70 advanced toxic chemical detection and recording devices to Ukraine between July and September. <...> Simultaneously, Ukrainian security forces have been trained both in Ukraine and at NATO centres in methods of evidence falsification which were earlier used in Syria, the Skripal poisoning, and the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny. NATO countries, in part through the OPCW Technical Secretariat, are helping Ukraine build a “body of evidence” to further accuse Russia of CWC violations.
Here are the documents to back this up (available in Russian)
We take it that the fabricated “evidence” cooked up not far from the contact line will, as was previously done in Syria, be swiftly handed over to international experts for a so-called independent report accusing Moscow of chemical weapon use.
The motive behind this campaign is clear. 👉 No international legal standard will stop NATO countries from pursuing their stated goal of achieving a “strategic defeat” for Russia, especially when it involves chemical provocations under false flag, as used for long years in Syria. Moreover, Ukraine’s close ties with Islamist-affiliated terrorist groups and nationalist-extremist groups in the Middle East and Africa underscore the very real threat of “chemical” terrorism coming from Ukrainian special services.
❗️ We caution Washington and its allies against “playing with fire,” so as not to irreparably damage the CWC framework established in 1997.
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Detailed information about the Kiev regime’s mass-scale use of warfare chemical agents in violation of its commitments under the CWC, as well as provocations staged by Kiev and its Western backers to falsely accuse the Russian Armed Forces of similar actions, has been regularly shared with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the UN Security Council, and the UN General Assembly since February 2022.
Despite irrefutable evidence provided by Russia, Ukrainian armed formations continue to use toxic chemicals (chlorine, ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and sulfuric acid) against Russian military units, civilians, and local administration officials. These include substances listed under CWC schedules 2 (BZ) and 3 (chloropicrin) and the RCAs.
This behaviour is enabled by political backing and approval coming from Washington, Berlin, London, and Paris.
Russian experts have documented Ukraine’s violations of
- CWC provisions,
- the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
Ukrainian armed formations also pose an environmental threat to chemical plants in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Sumy, Kharkov, and Odessa regions.
The "collective West" has created an atmosphere of impunity that emboldens the Kiev regime as it proceeds to perpetrate larger-scale crimes involving toxic chemicals.
⚠️ We have credible information that, with Western support, Ukraine plans to stage a series of anti-Russia provocations in the special military operation zone. Preparations are underway to fabricate evidence to accuse Russia of CWC violations during combat operations.
According to Russian authorities, NATO countries delivered over 70 advanced toxic chemical detection and recording devices to Ukraine between July and September. <...> Simultaneously, Ukrainian security forces have been trained both in Ukraine and at NATO centres in methods of evidence falsification which were earlier used in Syria, the Skripal poisoning, and the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny. NATO countries, in part through the OPCW Technical Secretariat, are helping Ukraine build a “body of evidence” to further accuse Russia of CWC violations.
Here are the documents to back this up (available in Russian)
We take it that the fabricated “evidence” cooked up not far from the contact line will, as was previously done in Syria, be swiftly handed over to international experts for a so-called independent report accusing Moscow of chemical weapon use.
The motive behind this campaign is clear. 👉 No international legal standard will stop NATO countries from pursuing their stated goal of achieving a “strategic defeat” for Russia, especially when it involves chemical provocations under false flag, as used for long years in Syria. Moreover, Ukraine’s close ties with Islamist-affiliated terrorist groups and nationalist-extremist groups in the Middle East and Africa underscore the very real threat of “chemical” terrorism coming from Ukrainian special services.
❗️ We caution Washington and its allies against “playing with fire,” so as not to irreparably damage the CWC framework established in 1997.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
📖 The Foundation for the Study of Democracy, chaired by Maxim Grigoriev, has prepared a report "Atrocities of the Kiev regime in the Kursk Region (Proceedings of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazi)" where first-hand testimonies from victims of Ukrainian war crimes are presented.
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In Russia's Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot civilians, including women, children and the elderly, both in their own homes and while attempting to evacuate in civilian vehicles, with full understanding of the nonmilitary status of the victims.
The Kiev regime, which, with the support of Western countries, systematically and purposefully killed Russian citizens with small arms, unmanned aerial vehicles, by shelling private homes with artillery and multiple rocket launchers.
Such actions of the Kiev regime are qualified as massive war crimes and gross violations of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. These conventions and protocols set out the obligations of countries to provide mandatory protection to civilians and explicitly state that ‘at any time and in any place whatsoever, attacks on life and person, in particular all forms of killing, remain prohibited’. Under the international humanitarian law, women and children are also to be given special protection.
❗️ The testimonies of victims presented in the report prove that the Kiev regime has systematically and flagrantly violated the Geneva agreements and committed war crimes on a massive scale, which, according to international law, has #NoStatuteofLimitations.
👉 Report by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the terrorist crimes committed by the Kiev regime in the period from 2022 throughout the first half of 2024.
👉 Testimonies and first-hand witness accounts of the Kiev regimes war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev, Chairman of the International Public Tribunal for Ukraine
📖 The Foundation for the Study of Democracy, chaired by Maxim Grigoriev, has prepared a report "Atrocities of the Kiev regime in the Kursk Region (Proceedings of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazi)" where first-hand testimonies from victims of Ukrainian war crimes are presented.
👉 Read in full
In Russia's Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot civilians, including women, children and the elderly, both in their own homes and while attempting to evacuate in civilian vehicles, with full understanding of the nonmilitary status of the victims.
The Kiev regime, which, with the support of Western countries, systematically and purposefully killed Russian citizens with small arms, unmanned aerial vehicles, by shelling private homes with artillery and multiple rocket launchers.
Such actions of the Kiev regime are qualified as massive war crimes and gross violations of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. These conventions and protocols set out the obligations of countries to provide mandatory protection to civilians and explicitly state that ‘at any time and in any place whatsoever, attacks on life and person, in particular all forms of killing, remain prohibited’. Under the international humanitarian law, women and children are also to be given special protection.
❗️ The testimonies of victims presented in the report prove that the Kiev regime has systematically and flagrantly violated the Geneva agreements and committed war crimes on a massive scale, which, according to international law, has #NoStatuteofLimitations.
👉 Report by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the terrorist crimes committed by the Kiev regime in the period from 2022 throughout the first half of 2024.
👉 Testimonies and first-hand witness accounts of the Kiev regimes war crimes, documented by Maxim Grigoryev, Chairman of the International Public Tribunal for Ukraine
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#RussiaTurkiye
🇷🇺🇹🇷📞 On October 7, Russia's President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan who warmly wished a happy birthday to President Putin.
The leaders expressed satisfaction with the constructive nature of Russia-Turkiye relations and voiced their readiness to collaborate closely in the future. They discussed several topical bilateral and international issues, including dangerous developments in the Middle East.
They confirmed their readiness to hold a separate meeting between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the events of the #BRICS Summit in Kazan.
🇷🇺🇹🇷📞 On October 7, Russia's President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan who warmly wished a happy birthday to President Putin.
The leaders expressed satisfaction with the constructive nature of Russia-Turkiye relations and voiced their readiness to collaborate closely in the future. They discussed several topical bilateral and international issues, including dangerous developments in the Middle East.
They confirmed their readiness to hold a separate meeting between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the events of the #BRICS Summit in Kazan.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s and CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev’s remarks and answers to media questions following a meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council
📍 Moscow, October 7, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We approved documents submitted by foreign ministers, among them:
• a document on the unacceptability of unilateral coercive measures aka “sanctions”;
• the key parameters of the efforts to form the Eurasian security system;
• cooperation in physical fitness and sports. This document is critical now that the principles of Olympism and fair competition are being called into question or just disregarded.
We have approved the 2025 plan for ministerial consultations, which includes around 20 important topics.
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The draft address to the peoples of the CIS countries and the international community on the upcoming 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War stands out among the documents to be reviewed by the heads of state. Notably, a CIS title, “1941-1945 City of Labour Glory” was established. The concept of a programme to combat radicalisation is another project to be reviewed by our respective presidents and prime ministers tomorrow.
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Sergey Lavrov answering media questions:
❓Question: The West is putting the heat on the CIS countries when it comes to sanctions on Russia. How are you coping with these challenges? How effective, do you think, is this Western approach as they try to inflict a defeat on Russia?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I can say right away that we are coping well.
The Western methods are met with rejection by all other countries, including in the post-Soviet space. The illegal practice of imposing “secondary” or “tertiary” sanctions, where someone doesn’t like it when two independent countries are building relations with each other, has nothing to do with international law.
Every step we take to not just preserve, but to expand trade and economic ties with our strategic partners and allies fully aligns with the norms of international law. They are talking about fair competition, market mechanisms, and inviolability of property. All these pillars of globalisation were promoted by the West as “eternal,” but have been trampled upon by the West itself. Honest and fair principles of interaction between our countries have always been there and are still there.
❓ Question: You have covered extensively the issue of a multipolar world within the Global Majority. How does this principle get implemented in the CIS? What are the threats to stability of our relations with our friends from the CIS?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: A centre of a multipolar world is forming (I would even say has already formed) within the CIS countries, a nascent entity many aspects of which have become part of everyday international life. The Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are an important, I would even say, central part of Eurasia. The CIS and SCO memberships largely overlap which fact accounts for close cooperation between these two organisations, and this cooperation expands and gets more specific every year.
The CIS and the SCO being so closely intertwined ensures interaction between the three largest Eurasian states, namely, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and India. These associations boast an immense economic, logistical, and creative potential. Each year, it materialises in even more specific projects that benefit our member countries and contribute to the prosperity of our peoples.
These relations face no threats and they are quite steady despite the United States and its satellites’ efforts to expand their “secondary,” “tertiary,” and other unlawful sanctions.
We know what we need to do to oppose these hostile and criminal attacks and to act strictly in accordance with international law and the norms of the World Trade Organisation.
📍 Moscow, October 7, 2024
💬 Sergey Lavrov: We approved documents submitted by foreign ministers, among them:
• a document on the unacceptability of unilateral coercive measures aka “sanctions”;
• the key parameters of the efforts to form the Eurasian security system;
• cooperation in physical fitness and sports. This document is critical now that the principles of Olympism and fair competition are being called into question or just disregarded.
We have approved the 2025 plan for ministerial consultations, which includes around 20 important topics.
<...>
The draft address to the peoples of the CIS countries and the international community on the upcoming 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War stands out among the documents to be reviewed by the heads of state. Notably, a CIS title, “1941-1945 City of Labour Glory” was established. The concept of a programme to combat radicalisation is another project to be reviewed by our respective presidents and prime ministers tomorrow.
📄 Read in full
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Sergey Lavrov answering media questions:
❓Question: The West is putting the heat on the CIS countries when it comes to sanctions on Russia. How are you coping with these challenges? How effective, do you think, is this Western approach as they try to inflict a defeat on Russia?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I can say right away that we are coping well.
The Western methods are met with rejection by all other countries, including in the post-Soviet space. The illegal practice of imposing “secondary” or “tertiary” sanctions, where someone doesn’t like it when two independent countries are building relations with each other, has nothing to do with international law.
Every step we take to not just preserve, but to expand trade and economic ties with our strategic partners and allies fully aligns with the norms of international law. They are talking about fair competition, market mechanisms, and inviolability of property. All these pillars of globalisation were promoted by the West as “eternal,” but have been trampled upon by the West itself. Honest and fair principles of interaction between our countries have always been there and are still there.
❓ Question: You have covered extensively the issue of a multipolar world within the Global Majority. How does this principle get implemented in the CIS? What are the threats to stability of our relations with our friends from the CIS?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: A centre of a multipolar world is forming (I would even say has already formed) within the CIS countries, a nascent entity many aspects of which have become part of everyday international life. The Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are an important, I would even say, central part of Eurasia. The CIS and SCO memberships largely overlap which fact accounts for close cooperation between these two organisations, and this cooperation expands and gets more specific every year.
The CIS and the SCO being so closely intertwined ensures interaction between the three largest Eurasian states, namely, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and India. These associations boast an immense economic, logistical, and creative potential. Each year, it materialises in even more specific projects that benefit our member countries and contribute to the prosperity of our peoples.
These relations face no threats and they are quite steady despite the United States and its satellites’ efforts to expand their “secondary,” “tertiary,” and other unlawful sanctions.
We know what we need to do to oppose these hostile and criminal attacks and to act strictly in accordance with international law and the norms of the World Trade Organisation.
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🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the #CIS Heads of State Council meeting (October 8, 2024)
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,
I am delighted to welcome all of you to Moscow for a regular meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, which Russia is hosting as the current Chair of the Commonwealth.
I would like to emphasise that cooperation within the CIS is one of the Russian Federation's top foreign policy priorities. The member states of the Commonwealth are our closest neighbours, friends, and strategic partners, and we are naturally committed to strengthening our cooperation across the board.
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I am confident that we have abundant possibilities for launching new major and mutually beneficial projects in industry, agriculture, finance and infrastructure. <...>
📈 The CIS macroeconomic numbers have noticeably improved, and mutual trade and investment exchanges within the Commonwealth have expanded.
In the first half of the year, the aggregate GDP grew by 4.7%, investment in fixed assets rose by 11.2%, industrial output was up by 4.3 percent, cargo transport volume increased by 4.9%, and retail trade climbed by 8.6%.
🤝 Through our collaborative efforts, we have built a robust financial infrastructure that is immune to external influences. The use of national currencies in mutual payments has expanded, and their share in commercial transactions within the CIS has exceeded 85% and continues to grow.
Import substitution processes are moving fast thus strengthening our country’s technological sovereignty which is critically important considering the challenging global economic and political environment and the unprecedented pressure, particularly in the economy, coming from a number of countries.
Combatting terrorism and extremism, organised crime, drug trafficking, and corruption remains a priority for the CIS collaborative efforts. <...>
Humanitarian ties within the CIS continue to make strides. Partnerships in science, education, culture, and tourism are deepening. <...>
All our countries understand how important it is to preserve common history and prevent its falsification. Young people should certainly know what our peoples achieved during the long period when we lived as a single state, and about heroic deeds of our fathers, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
🏅 In 2025, we will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War together. In the Commonwealth countries, this will be the Year of Peace and Unity in the Fight Against Nazism. <...>
We have come up with one more specific proposal which is to establish a City of Labour Glory honorary title in the CIS, and bestow it on the CIS cities which made a particularly large contribution to victory in the Great Patriotic War by ensuring the uninterrupted supply of military and civilian products. <...>
As you are aware, Russia holds the chairmanship of BRICS this year. This organisation is gaining momentum and many countries now find it quite attractive. <...>
☝️ We believe that fostering close cooperation among all CIS member states with #BRICS aligns with the interest of strengthening our Commonwealth’s position in the international arena.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,
I am delighted to welcome all of you to Moscow for a regular meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, which Russia is hosting as the current Chair of the Commonwealth.
I would like to emphasise that cooperation within the CIS is one of the Russian Federation's top foreign policy priorities. The member states of the Commonwealth are our closest neighbours, friends, and strategic partners, and we are naturally committed to strengthening our cooperation across the board.
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I am confident that we have abundant possibilities for launching new major and mutually beneficial projects in industry, agriculture, finance and infrastructure. <...>
📈 The CIS macroeconomic numbers have noticeably improved, and mutual trade and investment exchanges within the Commonwealth have expanded.
In the first half of the year, the aggregate GDP grew by 4.7%, investment in fixed assets rose by 11.2%, industrial output was up by 4.3 percent, cargo transport volume increased by 4.9%, and retail trade climbed by 8.6%.
🤝 Through our collaborative efforts, we have built a robust financial infrastructure that is immune to external influences. The use of national currencies in mutual payments has expanded, and their share in commercial transactions within the CIS has exceeded 85% and continues to grow.
Import substitution processes are moving fast thus strengthening our country’s technological sovereignty which is critically important considering the challenging global economic and political environment and the unprecedented pressure, particularly in the economy, coming from a number of countries.
Combatting terrorism and extremism, organised crime, drug trafficking, and corruption remains a priority for the CIS collaborative efforts. <...>
Humanitarian ties within the CIS continue to make strides. Partnerships in science, education, culture, and tourism are deepening. <...>
All our countries understand how important it is to preserve common history and prevent its falsification. Young people should certainly know what our peoples achieved during the long period when we lived as a single state, and about heroic deeds of our fathers, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
We have come up with one more specific proposal which is to establish a City of Labour Glory honorary title in the CIS, and bestow it on the CIS cities which made a particularly large contribution to victory in the Great Patriotic War by ensuring the uninterrupted supply of military and civilian products. <...>
As you are aware, Russia holds the chairmanship of BRICS this year. This organisation is gaining momentum and many countries now find it quite attractive. <...>
☝️ We believe that fostering close cooperation among all CIS member states with #BRICS aligns with the interest of strengthening our Commonwealth’s position in the international arena.
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🎙 Remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the expanded meeting of the CIS Heads of State (October 8, 2024)
💬 President Vladimir Putin: The Commonwealth of Independent States is developing. All the Leaders gathered here support further deepening of the Commonwealth. We can see that our joint efforts are consistently promoting the #CIS’s authority as a regional integration association.
The Commonwealth members act solely on the principles of mutual understanding, equality and neighbourliness, and successfully solve key tasks to improve our citizens’ well-being and quality of life.
It is largely through this that we have managed to preserve, and in some areas expand, the economic, social, cultural and humanitarian ties that have been developed over many years of living as part of a single state.
📈 As it has been noted numerous times today, the entire span of the CIS shows positive dynamic in macroeconomic and, indeed, economic terms. The GDP of CIS members is growing at a good pace, as trade and investment ties between them are becoming stronger.
For instance, trade between Russia and other CIS states in just seven months of this year grew by an impressive 7.7%, totaling $63.2 billion, in spite of the volatility displayed by the global markets.
Companies from CIS countries carry out mutually beneficial projects in energy, industry, and infrastructure, jointly implement import substitution programmes, as a new, national currency-based financial system impervious to external factors is being established.
Obviously, cooperation between the CIS countries is not limited to the economy. Cooperation on the cultural track, which is based on the sinvere mutual interest of our countries’ peoples in each other’s culture and traditions, is making good headway.
Next year will mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, a joint Appeal to the Commonwealth nations and the world community will be adopted following the results of our meeting. <...>
☝️ In the current difficult global situation, it is crucial that all CIS states advocate the formation of a fair world order based on universally recognised principles of international law with the pivotal role of the UN. We constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, and our approaches are traditionally close or completely coincide.
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💬 President Vladimir Putin: The Commonwealth of Independent States is developing. All the Leaders gathered here support further deepening of the Commonwealth. We can see that our joint efforts are consistently promoting the #CIS’s authority as a regional integration association.
The Commonwealth members act solely on the principles of mutual understanding, equality and neighbourliness, and successfully solve key tasks to improve our citizens’ well-being and quality of life.
It is largely through this that we have managed to preserve, and in some areas expand, the economic, social, cultural and humanitarian ties that have been developed over many years of living as part of a single state.
📈 As it has been noted numerous times today, the entire span of the CIS shows positive dynamic in macroeconomic and, indeed, economic terms. The GDP of CIS members is growing at a good pace, as trade and investment ties between them are becoming stronger.
For instance, trade between Russia and other CIS states in just seven months of this year grew by an impressive 7.7%, totaling $63.2 billion, in spite of the volatility displayed by the global markets.
Companies from CIS countries carry out mutually beneficial projects in energy, industry, and infrastructure, jointly implement import substitution programmes, as a new, national currency-based financial system impervious to external factors is being established.
Obviously, cooperation between the CIS countries is not limited to the economy. Cooperation on the cultural track, which is based on the sinvere mutual interest of our countries’ peoples in each other’s culture and traditions, is making good headway.
Next year will mark the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, a joint Appeal to the Commonwealth nations and the world community will be adopted following the results of our meeting. <...>
☝️ In the current difficult global situation, it is crucial that all CIS states advocate the formation of a fair world order based on universally recognised principles of international law with the pivotal role of the UN. We constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, and our approaches are traditionally close or completely coincide.
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Vladimir Putin's meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has begun at the Kremlin
Current issues pertaining to the further development of the strategic cooperation and allied relationship between Russia and Belarus will be on the agenda, with a particular focus on integration-based cooperation within the framework of the Union State.
Current issues pertaining to the further development of the strategic cooperation and allied relationship between Russia and Belarus will be on the agenda, with a particular focus on integration-based cooperation within the framework of the Union State.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 On October 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin presented the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in a ceremony held in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Alexander Lukashenko was decorated for his outstanding achievements in developing allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Belarus, strengthening friendly ties between the peoples of Russia and Belarus, as well as for making a significant personal contribution to the creation of the Union State and ensuring its effective operation.
💬 President Putin: We have gathered in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to take part in a ceremony for presenting the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
This is Russia’s oldest order, instituted more than three centuries ago by Peter the Great in honour of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, who was a Christian saint, religious leader, apostle and martyr. He is also the patron of the Russian land and the Orthodox Church and has enjoyed special respect in both Russia and Belarus.
🎖 According to the statute for this order, it can be awarded to prominent Russian government officials, as well as foreign leaders for their outstanding service in strengthening ties with our country.
Mr Lukashenko, you certainly are worthy of this high decoration. By bestowing the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called upon you, Russia expresses its gratitude for your outstanding contribution to developing Russia-Belarus relations, alliance and strategic partnership.
These relations rest on a solid foundation formed by the perennial principles of friendship and cooperation, mutual respect and due regard for each other’s interests, as well as shared spiritual values, and the fact that many people in Russia and Belarus have close family ties.
☝️ This solid foundation has served as a bedrock for Russia and Belarus in their efforts to build the Union State, which has effectively guaranteed our common defence and security, and created a common economic, legal and humanitarian space.
Mr Lukashenko, you stood at the roots of the Union State and made a meaningful contribution to strengthening and developing it. We know you as a persistent and unwavering advocate of preserving and expanding close ties across the space formed by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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I am certain that our combined efforts will enable us to make further strides in promoting #RussiaBelarus cooperation. We will seek to further reinforce our mutually beneficial economic ties and close contacts, while effectively ensuring security for our countries and the Union State.
🤝 Mr Lukashenko, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on receiving Russia’s highest state decoration and wish you good health and success in your public duties. I wish the people of Belarus, our brotherly nation, peace, stability and prosperity.
Alexander Lukashenko was decorated for his outstanding achievements in developing allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Belarus, strengthening friendly ties between the peoples of Russia and Belarus, as well as for making a significant personal contribution to the creation of the Union State and ensuring its effective operation.
💬 President Putin: We have gathered in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to take part in a ceremony for presenting the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
This is Russia’s oldest order, instituted more than three centuries ago by Peter the Great in honour of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, who was a Christian saint, religious leader, apostle and martyr. He is also the patron of the Russian land and the Orthodox Church and has enjoyed special respect in both Russia and Belarus.
🎖 According to the statute for this order, it can be awarded to prominent Russian government officials, as well as foreign leaders for their outstanding service in strengthening ties with our country.
Mr Lukashenko, you certainly are worthy of this high decoration. By bestowing the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called upon you, Russia expresses its gratitude for your outstanding contribution to developing Russia-Belarus relations, alliance and strategic partnership.
These relations rest on a solid foundation formed by the perennial principles of friendship and cooperation, mutual respect and due regard for each other’s interests, as well as shared spiritual values, and the fact that many people in Russia and Belarus have close family ties.
☝️ This solid foundation has served as a bedrock for Russia and Belarus in their efforts to build the Union State, which has effectively guaranteed our common defence and security, and created a common economic, legal and humanitarian space.
Mr Lukashenko, you stood at the roots of the Union State and made a meaningful contribution to strengthening and developing it. We know you as a persistent and unwavering advocate of preserving and expanding close ties across the space formed by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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I am certain that our combined efforts will enable us to make further strides in promoting #RussiaBelarus cooperation. We will seek to further reinforce our mutually beneficial economic ties and close contacts, while effectively ensuring security for our countries and the Union State.
🤝 Mr Lukashenko, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on receiving Russia’s highest state decoration and wish you good health and success in your public duties. I wish the people of Belarus, our brotherly nation, peace, stability and prosperity.
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith hold talks on the sidelines of the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS).
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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📸 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith during talks.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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📸 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith during talks.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son hold a meeting in Vientiane on the sidelines of the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS).
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in the gala dinner on behalf of Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone and his Spouse ahead of the 19th East Asia Summit.
📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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📍 Vientiane, October 10, 2024
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 On October 10, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit (#EAS) in Vientiane.
The Officials conducted a trust-based exchange of opinions regarding the state of bilateral relations and their prospects. They focused on issues of implementing highest-level agreements, expanding trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian ties and more actively coordinating bilateral efforts in international and regional affairs.
🤝 The Russian Side positively assessed the development of the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership during Laos’ chairmanship of the Association in 2024.
#RussiaLaos
The Officials conducted a trust-based exchange of opinions regarding the state of bilateral relations and their prospects. They focused on issues of implementing highest-level agreements, expanding trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian ties and more actively coordinating bilateral efforts in international and regional affairs.
🤝 The Russian Side positively assessed the development of the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership during Laos’ chairmanship of the Association in 2024.
#RussiaLaos
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⚡️ Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son.
🤝 The two Officials exchanged views on topical bilateral matters in the context of fulfilling the agreements resulting from the state visit by President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam on June 19 and 20, 2024.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Sergey Lavrov and Bui Thanh Son went on to discuss several regional and international issues, including cooperation in the Russia-ASEAN dialogue framework, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region in general.
#RussiaVietnam
🤝 The two Officials exchanged views on topical bilateral matters in the context of fulfilling the agreements resulting from the state visit by President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam on June 19 and 20, 2024.
🇷🇺🇻🇳 Sergey Lavrov and Bui Thanh Son went on to discuss several regional and international issues, including cooperation in the Russia-ASEAN dialogue framework, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region in general.
#RussiaVietnam