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2021-05-29 13:59:04 On May 28, Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi. The Belarusian President is in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin:

Russia remains a key trade and economic partner of Belarus. This is a good trend, and it is important to keep it going along with the Government’s active work.

There are positive trends in other areas as well. We will certainly focus on all this just as you and I concentrate on the building of the Union State. We are doing this in a measured manner, proceeding from the need to ensure the interests of both Belarus and Russia. We are moving confidently along this path.

This work is already producing specific results for our citizens. The main point is to do everything consistently, without rushing or jumping ahead. We must work in stages with a view to ensuring our interests as we ourselves determine them.

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2021-05-28 13:58:06 Sergey #Lavrov at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of #Gabon Pacome Moubelet-Boubeya:

We have discussed the state of our bilateral relations. We recalled the past years and decades of our friendship and cooperation, and outlined ways to promote ties in all areas.

We reaffirmed our further commitment to expanding our ties based on equality, respect and consideration for each other’s interests. The presidents of our two countries focused precisely on this when they met in July 2018 in #Moscow.

We see substantial potential for building up trade, economic and investment #cooperation. We agreed to take further steps to implement promising projects in hydrocarbon production, energy and infrastructure development.

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2021-05-28 11:40:50 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Slovenia Anže Logar hold a joint press-conference following talks in Moscow

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2021-05-27 12:39:27 #FacesOfVictory #RealHeroes

In 1941 #RedArmy cook Ivan #Sereda captured 4 Nazis... who approached his kitchen in a tank... by himself. They tried to hide inside the tank but in vain

For this & other similar feats he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Open / Comment

2021-05-27 10:22:04 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a joint news conference following talks with Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots Abroad Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak (Sochi, May 26, 2021)

We met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots Abroad of the Yemen Republic Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak who is on a working visit in the Russian Federation. We discussed in detail the military-political and humanitarian developments in Yemen in the past few years and reviewed some aspects of bilateral relations.

We focused on the need to stop the war and any hostilities in this friendly country. We emphasized that all participants in the conflict must give up attempts to resolve past and ongoing problems by force. We reaffirmed our desire to continue international mediation with the central, leading role of the United Nations. Open / Comment

2021-05-26 19:29:37 #OTD in 1942 #USSR, #UK & #Iran signed the Treaty of Alliance against the Nazi Germany.

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2021-05-26 15:29:50 #LIVE: #Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues



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2021-05-26 12:06:41 #Live: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs of #Yemen Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak hold a joint press-conference in Sochi





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2021-05-26 09:35:18 Presidents of Russia and the United States will meet in Geneva on June 16

In accordance with the agreement, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will hold talks with President of the United States Joseph Biden in Geneva on June 16.

The two presidents will discuss the current status of and prospects for bilateral relations, strategic stability problems, as well as current issues on the international agenda, including cooperation in countering the coronavirus pandemic and settlement of regional conflicts. Open / Comment

2021-05-26 03:10:15 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The conversation between Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and US Presidential National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan covered the entire spectrum of our relations, the same as my talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Iceland a week before that.

In both cases, the conversations were frank, with the parties avoiding glossing over our serious and deep differences on the majority of international problems as well as on bilateral issues.

I believe the manner in which the US side presented its position was respectful and allows us to hope that establishing a serious and concrete dialogue on practical, not feigned, problems, common threats and risks will enable us to count (if both sides make efforts) on the removal of certain irritants. This will be neither quick nor easy.

As it was said on many occasions, we positively view US President Joe Biden’s proposal to hold a summit. You have quoted the Kremlin’s statement. The wait will not be long. Open / Comment