🇷🇺🇺🇳 Vassily #Nebenzia on the procedure of the #UN Security Council meeting on #Ukraine:
I would also like to emphasize once again that we stand for the sovereign equality of states and are categorically against "double standards" when discrimination is practiced among UN members. In many of the UN member states, the internal political situation is difficult, but no concessions are made to their leadership. Similarly, the lion's share of international humanitarian aid is focused specifically on Ukraine, and Western sponsors seem to have forgotten about helping those in need in other parts of the world, while spending billions of dollars on new arms supplies to Kyiv. Hence the "double standards" of Europe in relation to migrants, when refugees from Ukraine are given the "green light" at all European borders, and refugees from Africa, the Middle East and other regions are fenced off.
We call on all UN member states to take a principled position on this issue.
👉 https://russiaun.ru/ru/news/270922po
I would also like to emphasize once again that we stand for the sovereign equality of states and are categorically against "double standards" when discrimination is practiced among UN members. In many of the UN member states, the internal political situation is difficult, but no concessions are made to their leadership. Similarly, the lion's share of international humanitarian aid is focused specifically on Ukraine, and Western sponsors seem to have forgotten about helping those in need in other parts of the world, while spending billions of dollars on new arms supplies to Kyiv. Hence the "double standards" of Europe in relation to migrants, when refugees from Ukraine are given the "green light" at all European borders, and refugees from Africa, the Middle East and other regions are fenced off.
We call on all UN member states to take a principled position on this issue.
👉 https://russiaun.ru/ru/news/270922po
🇷🇺🇺🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas International Forum on Peace and Security, which was held in Abu Dhabi on November 4.
During the meeting the officials discussed the current situation in and around the Syrian Arab Republic, with a focus on the tasks of comprehensive settlement of the Syrian crisis on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 2254. They paid particular attention to the issues on the agenda of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.
☝️ While reviewing the socioeconomic situation in Syria, they stressed the importance of intensifying international efforts to implement projects for the early rehabilitation of basic infrastructure in Syria in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2642.
🔗 https://is.gd/HUvTTx
#RussiaUN #UN #Syria
During the meeting the officials discussed the current situation in and around the Syrian Arab Republic, with a focus on the tasks of comprehensive settlement of the Syrian crisis on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 2254. They paid particular attention to the issues on the agenda of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.
☝️ While reviewing the socioeconomic situation in Syria, they stressed the importance of intensifying international efforts to implement projects for the early rehabilitation of basic infrastructure in Syria in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2642.
🔗 https://is.gd/HUvTTx
#RussiaUN #UN #Syria
Vassily #Nebenzia: The initiative of some Western countries to create a mechanism to collect "reparations" from Russia through the #UN General Assembly is legally null and void. From a legal point of view, the provisions of the draft do not stand up to any criticism and are an attempt to legalize the illegalizable, proceeding from the current international law.
https://russian.rt.com/world/news/1073887-nebenzya-rezolyuciya-reparacii/amp
https://russian.rt.com/world/news/1073887-nebenzya-rezolyuciya-reparacii/amp
💬 Sergey #Vershinin for RIA Novosti, November 17, 2022:
👉🏻 The decision on the further continuation of the #BlackSea Initiative depends both on the conscientious implementation of this agreement and the achievement of concrete results for domestic agricultural exports in accordance with the Russia-#UN Memorandum.
👉🏻 Our manufacturers and suppliers continue to face the blocking effect of over-fulfillment of restrictions, including the inability to ensure even the gratuitous transfer to the poorest countries of Russian #fertilizers (about 280 thousand tons).
👉🏻 The accusations of the export of Iranian weapons to Russia for use in its military operations in #Ukraine are put forward by those who seek to justify their illegal arms supplies to Kiev in this way.
👉🏻 We do not see any reasonable alternative to restoring the #JCPOA. Any other plans are a direct path to escalation with grave consequences for international security and the state of global markets.
🔗 Read the interview in full: https://is.gd/kl4G0B
👉🏻 The decision on the further continuation of the #BlackSea Initiative depends both on the conscientious implementation of this agreement and the achievement of concrete results for domestic agricultural exports in accordance with the Russia-#UN Memorandum.
👉🏻 Our manufacturers and suppliers continue to face the blocking effect of over-fulfillment of restrictions, including the inability to ensure even the gratuitous transfer to the poorest countries of Russian #fertilizers (about 280 thousand tons).
👉🏻 The accusations of the export of Iranian weapons to Russia for use in its military operations in #Ukraine are put forward by those who seek to justify their illegal arms supplies to Kiev in this way.
👉🏻 We do not see any reasonable alternative to restoring the #JCPOA. Any other plans are a direct path to escalation with grave consequences for international security and the state of global markets.
🔗 Read the interview in full: https://is.gd/kl4G0B
Sergey #Vershinin: Negotiations on a #grain deal with #UN representatives in person will be held in January.
https://ria.ru/20221220/zerno-1840058078.html
https://ria.ru/20221220/zerno-1840058078.html
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🔴 #LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov chairs UN Security Council debate on effective multilateralism through defence of principles of #UN Charter
📍 New York, April 24
🔗 https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1650501926985801731
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202304241400-LIVE14110-Lavrov-chairs-Security-Council-debate-on-effective-multilateralism-through-defence-of-principles-of-UN-Charter-first-part
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
#UNCharterIsOurRules
📍 New York, April 24
🔗 https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1650501926985801731
🔗 https://www.ruptly.tv/en/events/202304241400-LIVE14110-Lavrov-chairs-Security-Council-debate-on-effective-multilateralism-through-defence-of-principles-of-UN-Charter-first-part
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
#UNCharterIsOurRules
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🔴 #LIVE: Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov chairs UN Security Council debate on effective multilateralism through defence of principles of #UN Charter
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🇺🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov chairs Security Council debate on effective multilateralism through defence of principles of #UN Charter
📍 New York, April 24
#UNCharterIsOurRules
📍 New York, April 24
#UNCharterIsOurRules
📄 Press release on Russia’s efforts in the Middle East peace process
Positive dynamics have been gaining momentum in the Middle East, manifested, in particular, in the improvement of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the resumption of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
👉 These positive trends were facilitated by the steps taken by the countries in the region to achieve a peaceful resolution of conflicts and disagreements through dialogue and neighbourly interaction and with due regard for their national interests.
At the same time, certain aspects of the Middle East peace process remained excluded from these processes, primarily the Palestinian issue. The remaining tensions in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation regularly lead to violence, which results in civilian casualties and destabilises not only the region, but the global situation as well.
At this stage, collective diplomacy to facilitate the Arab-Israeli settlement has stalled.
☝️ This largely happened because the United States and the European Union decided to unilaterally suspend the activities of the Middle East quartet of international mediators consisting of Russia, the United States, the EU and the UN.
In this regard, in the wake of Russia’s presidency of the UN Security Council in April, including the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which was chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, our country advanced an initiative to hold a consultation between Russia, the Arab League and a group of regional states actively involved in the Middle East peace process dossier.
❗️ Our proposal is not intended to establish any new formats or bodies. Its goal is to reaffirm and give a fresh impetus to the implementation of previously adopted international decisions in this sphere, including the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid Terms of Reference, including the land for peace principle, and the two-state solution – a framework for Palestine and Israel to coexist in peace and security. Russia is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Our approach is consistent and is not subject to situational changes.
☝️ We believe that the discussion we are initiating would contribute to coordinating the approaches and efforts of the leading Middle Eastern players on the peace process track, including efforts to end the inter-Palestinian divide, and would help create the necessary conditions in the future for the resumption of a direct Palestinian-Israeli dialogue on a set of final status issues.
We are open to further discussion of the proposal put forward by the Russian Federation.
🔗 https://is.gd/m6fejP
#MiddleEastPeaceProcess #MiddleEast #ArabLeague #EU #UN
Positive dynamics have been gaining momentum in the Middle East, manifested, in particular, in the improvement of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the resumption of Syria's membership in the Arab League.
👉 These positive trends were facilitated by the steps taken by the countries in the region to achieve a peaceful resolution of conflicts and disagreements through dialogue and neighbourly interaction and with due regard for their national interests.
At the same time, certain aspects of the Middle East peace process remained excluded from these processes, primarily the Palestinian issue. The remaining tensions in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation regularly lead to violence, which results in civilian casualties and destabilises not only the region, but the global situation as well.
At this stage, collective diplomacy to facilitate the Arab-Israeli settlement has stalled.
☝️ This largely happened because the United States and the European Union decided to unilaterally suspend the activities of the Middle East quartet of international mediators consisting of Russia, the United States, the EU and the UN.
In this regard, in the wake of Russia’s presidency of the UN Security Council in April, including the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which was chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, our country advanced an initiative to hold a consultation between Russia, the Arab League and a group of regional states actively involved in the Middle East peace process dossier.
❗️ Our proposal is not intended to establish any new formats or bodies. Its goal is to reaffirm and give a fresh impetus to the implementation of previously adopted international decisions in this sphere, including the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid Terms of Reference, including the land for peace principle, and the two-state solution – a framework for Palestine and Israel to coexist in peace and security. Russia is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Our approach is consistent and is not subject to situational changes.
☝️ We believe that the discussion we are initiating would contribute to coordinating the approaches and efforts of the leading Middle Eastern players on the peace process track, including efforts to end the inter-Palestinian divide, and would help create the necessary conditions in the future for the resumption of a direct Palestinian-Israeli dialogue on a set of final status issues.
We are open to further discussion of the proposal put forward by the Russian Federation.
🔗 https://is.gd/m6fejP
#MiddleEastPeaceProcess #MiddleEast #ArabLeague #EU #UN
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On May 20, FM Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Astana.
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The Ministers highlighted the critical significance of highest-level engagements in advancing the deepening of comprehensive partnership relations and strategic interaction between both nations. They delved into the substantive discussion regarding the execution of agreements made during the Beijing summit, along with addressing various other topics on the bilateral agenda.
They also exchanged opinions on the current status and future prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The foreign ministers of Russia and China acknowledged the joint efforts of member states in upholding peace and stability in Eurasia. They also highlighted the increasing influence of the Organisation on global and regional affairs.
🤝 The Ministers reaffirmed their dedication to enhancing mutual coordination within the #UN, its Security Council, as well as the #SCO, #BRICS, the #G20, #APEC and other key international organisations and dialogue platforms. Various pressing issues were addressed, including the Middle East peace process, developments in the Red Sea region, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. <...>
Sergey Lavrov thanked the Chinese partners for their well-balanced stance on resolving the Ukrainian crisis and appreciated Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal to convene a peace conference with an equal participation by Russia and Ukraine, considering Moscow’s legitimate security interests and the current situation.
🌏 There was a thorough discussion regarding the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly concerning the increased provocative actions by the United States and its allies. These actions aim to involve specific Asia-Pacific nations in narrow-bloc arrangements, undermining the #ASEAN-centric security framework and deploying destabilising weapon systems in the region.
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The Ministers highlighted the critical significance of highest-level engagements in advancing the deepening of comprehensive partnership relations and strategic interaction between both nations. They delved into the substantive discussion regarding the execution of agreements made during the Beijing summit, along with addressing various other topics on the bilateral agenda.
They also exchanged opinions on the current status and future prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The foreign ministers of Russia and China acknowledged the joint efforts of member states in upholding peace and stability in Eurasia. They also highlighted the increasing influence of the Organisation on global and regional affairs.
🤝 The Ministers reaffirmed their dedication to enhancing mutual coordination within the #UN, its Security Council, as well as the #SCO, #BRICS, the #G20, #APEC and other key international organisations and dialogue platforms. Various pressing issues were addressed, including the Middle East peace process, developments in the Red Sea region, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. <...>
Sergey Lavrov thanked the Chinese partners for their well-balanced stance on resolving the Ukrainian crisis and appreciated Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal to convene a peace conference with an equal participation by Russia and Ukraine, considering Moscow’s legitimate security interests and the current situation.
🌏 There was a thorough discussion regarding the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly concerning the increased provocative actions by the United States and its allies. These actions aim to involve specific Asia-Pacific nations in narrow-bloc arrangements, undermining the #ASEAN-centric security framework and deploying destabilising weapon systems in the region.
Read in full
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🇷🇺🇯🇴 On August 21, 1963, our country established diplomatic relations with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
This happened 6️⃣1️⃣ years ago, and this date marked the starting point for the two countries’ efforts to expand and advance their multifaceted ties based on mutual respect.
During the Soviet era, the USSR and Jordan forged constructive and steady cooperation, with Moscow and Amman holding consultations on major regional matters while seeking to reinforce their relations in trade, economics, military-technical affairs, energy, culture, and other domains.
🤝 Today, our two countries are building on these traditions of friendly relations and striving to inject even more momentum across a wide range of sectors. Russia and Jordan are both committed to deepening their political dialogue. Our two countries cooperate within the #UN and other international organisations and stand for resolving crises in the Middle East by peaceful means.
Russia and Jordan have been maintaining and developing regular contacts at the highest and high levels on key bilateral and international matters, which includes telephone conversations between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi.
🎉 We would like to offer our colleagues and friends in Jordan our greetings on this shared anniversary, and express our certainty that Russia and Jordan will continue to strengthen and expand their relations.
#RussiaJordan
This happened 6️⃣1️⃣ years ago, and this date marked the starting point for the two countries’ efforts to expand and advance their multifaceted ties based on mutual respect.
During the Soviet era, the USSR and Jordan forged constructive and steady cooperation, with Moscow and Amman holding consultations on major regional matters while seeking to reinforce their relations in trade, economics, military-technical affairs, energy, culture, and other domains.
🤝 Today, our two countries are building on these traditions of friendly relations and striving to inject even more momentum across a wide range of sectors. Russia and Jordan are both committed to deepening their political dialogue. Our two countries cooperate within the #UN and other international organisations and stand for resolving crises in the Middle East by peaceful means.
Russia and Jordan have been maintaining and developing regular contacts at the highest and high levels on key bilateral and international matters, which includes telephone conversations between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi.
🎉 We would like to offer our colleagues and friends in Jordan our greetings on this shared anniversary, and express our certainty that Russia and Jordan will continue to strengthen and expand their relations.
#RussiaJordan