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2021-06-01 18:34:34 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a press-conference following talks with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva.

We focused on issues that are of concern in the context of Portugal’s EU Presidency. We described our view on developments in this area. We reaffirmed our willingness to normalise relations and restore dialogue but only based on equality, mutual respect and a balance of interests and without any unilateral requirements or preconditions.

We proceed from the premise that Russia and the EU are neighbours and bear joint responsibility for maintaining stability and security in our common geopolitical space.

A balance of interests and our common positions could facilitate efforts to develop a much-needed dialogue in countering the pandemic and other infectious diseases, developing digitisation, and making the transition to a green economy, and in various aspects dealing with a new technological mode.

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2021-06-01 16:11:25 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov holds a press-conference following online #BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting





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2021-06-01 14:24:32 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov's remarks at the online #BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting





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2021-06-01 12:31:30 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Mongolian Foreign Minister Ms. Batmunkh #Battsetseg hold a joint press-conference following talks in Moscow





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2021-06-01 10:47:54 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a conference on relations between Russia and the European Union, Moscow, May 31, 2021.

Thank you for inviting me to this conference on the situation between Russia and the European Union.

Our common European continent has been hit by an unprecedented crisis in confidence. New dividing lines are again being created in Europe; they are moving further East and becoming ever deeper, like trenches on the frontline. The outlook for a unifying agenda is extremely limited. The role of common European organisations is becoming devalued, and I am referring mainly to the OSCE and the Council of Europe. The mechanisms for structured cooperation and contact between Russia and the EU and NATO have been drained of all substance. Open / Comment

2021-05-31 16:48:11 #OTD in 1942 a football match was held in the besieged Leningrad between the teams of #Dynamo & the Leningrad Metal Plant.

Although starving, the players showed a good game proving that the city lives against all odds. The breakthrough of the siege was close

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2021-05-31 13:34:09 #Live: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Portugese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos #Silva hold a joint press-conference following talks in Moscow





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2021-05-31 11:10:04 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov gives a speech at the opening ceremony of a conference on Russia-EU relations in Moscow





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2021-05-30 00:43:15 On May 29, 1972, Leonid Brezhnev & Richard Nixon concluded their historic summit in Moscow which marked the beginning of the détente in the Soviet – American relations.

The parties agreed to avoid military confrontation & curb the arms race.

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2021-05-29 17:54:45 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Anze Logar, Moscow, May 28, 2021

Sergey Lavrov:

We have held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Anze Logar. We welcomed the progress of our bilateral relations in all spheres, specifically the build-up of our political contacts, including at the high and top levels and also between our foreign ministries.

In 2022, we will celebrate 30 years of our diplomatic relations. We have agreed to think about a list of attractive events marking this date.

We have a positive view of our interparliamentary ties, including contacts between the Russian and Slovenian groups of friendship and ties between our countries’ regions. I hope that this year we will be able to hold the Ljubljana Days in Moscow, which was postponed because of the coronavirus. Open / Comment