Contents tagged with Lavrov
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Lavrov: Trump stands for good relations with Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said in an interview on Channel One that U.S. President Donald Trump is consistent in his statements that relations with Russia will be based on mutual interests, Interfax reports.
"Trump never said he wanted to have bad relations with Russia – neither during the election campaign nor after becoming the incumbent president. On the contrary, he stated he intended to have normal, mutually respectful relations that would be based on properly understood …
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Lavrov and Tillerson to meet in U.S. to discuss Ukraine and Syria
During his visit to the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
This was reported in a press release by the U.S. State Department.
According to the State Department, the meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 10th. The two will talk about Ukraine, Syria, and bilateral relations.
The main topic on the agenda will be the war in Syria, said the U.S. State Department on Monday, May 8th.
Tillerson intends to discuss with his …
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Lavrov: Russia is preparing for a meeting between Putin and Trump
Moscow is preparing a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Sergey Lavrov, stated this in an interview with TV channel “Mir”.
"You see, both we and the Americans need the meeting, as I understand it, not in order to manufacture an external effect on somebody and say: "Well, what a sensation, they talked for so long, and finally it was held," explained the foreign minister.
He noted that due to the influence …
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Russian government's aircraft violated Estonian airspace
A Russian government aircraft, allegedly with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on board, violated Estonia's airspace, as reported by Postimees, citing the Estonian Defense Forces.
The IL-96 aircraft is owned by the state-run aviation enterprise, Rossiya, which is subordinate to the Office of the President of the Russian Federation. The plane violated Estonian airspace on the evening of May 3rd near the island of Vaindloo.
According to Estonian Defense Forces, the aircraft flew with the …
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Lavrov and Tillerson discussed future talks on Syria in Astana
On May 1st, TASS reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The diplomats discussed, among other things, a meeting in Astana dedicated to the Syrian settlement, the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.
"The foreign ministers briefly exchanged views on the international meeting on Syria held in Astana on May 3rd and 4th," the Ministry's statement says.
Other aspects of bilateral relations were …
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Lavrov: Russia is ready to cooperate with U.S. on Syria
Russia is ready to cooperate with the United States on the issue of the Syrian settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al-Safadi on Saturday.
The head of Russian diplomacy recalled that the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, repeatedly stressed the fundamental importance of cooperation between Russia and the United States for enhancing the effectiveness of the actions of the world community in the settlement of the crisis in Syria. …
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Russia announces possible meeting between Tillerson and Lavrov in Alaska
A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of General Rex Tillerson may be held during a conference of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council, Russia’s TASS news agency reports citing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov.
In particular, according to Ryabkov, Lavrov and Tillerson need to continue their conversation on the topic of Syria and other facets where there are differences between the U.S. and Russia. "This is the …
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President of Georgia accuses Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov of violating international law
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Abkhazia "a violation of Georgian legislation and international law," RIA Novosti reported.
During the two-day visit, Lavrov is planning to take part in the opening ceremony of a new Russian embassy in Abkhazia. Margvelashvili said that the work of any foreign representation in the territory of the country is permissible only with the consent of Tbilisi.
"In another case, such an action is a …
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Lavrov: the West’s accusations against Russia for the war in Ukraine are 'hostile'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has once again expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the West criticizes Moscow for military aggression against Ukraine and interference in the civil war in Syria.
“I’m no longer very inclined to comment on all these unfounded accusations which are put forward against us. First it was Ukraine, then Syria started to be mentioned in this context, and now some American figures and official entities in London have started saying that Russia can be …
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Lavrov accuses Head of Ukrainian National Security Council of refusing to comply with Minsk agreements
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that statements by the Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, regarding the advance of Ukrainian troops to the east of the country indicate Kyiv's reluctance to fulfill the key points of the Minsk agreements.
Earlier Turchynov told the BBC that the main task of the Ukrainian military is now "meter by meter, kilometer by kilometer, while minimizing losses, to move east."
"Mr. Turchynov's statement means that Kyiv …