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2021-05-13 14:03:43 Sergey Lavrov: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and I had substantive and fulfilling talks centred on the situation in international relations, which is quite challenging. We used the opportunity to discuss our cooperation and the assistance that Russia, under the UN Charter, can additionally provide to the UN to help it fulfil its goals.

We noted that Russia sees some Western countries’ attempts to promote unilateral approaches in circumvention of the established collective mechanisms for developing international law-based solutions as one of today’s key challenges. We consider developing certain “rules” behind the back of the greater part of the international community and then imposing them on others as universal norms unacceptable and dangerous practice.

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2021-05-13 12:06:39 On June 2-5, 2021, the 24th St.Petersburg International Economic Forum is set to take place.

The main theme is "Together Again - Economy of New Reality".

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2021-05-13 10:49:11 Ivan #Stepanenko entered the Great Patriotic War at the age of 21 as a graduate of a military aviation school. By May 1945, he had 414 sorties & 33 shootdowns on his account.

For his courage & heroism he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice

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2021-05-12 20:21:34 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and #UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hold a joint press-conference following talks in #Moscow





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2021-05-12 18:55:35 In Severomorsk there is a monument to the Torpedo boat TKA-12 – the symbol of valour of Soviet Navy officers. During #WWII it was commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union (2x) Alexander #Shabalin.

He sank 32 Nazi vessels, led many risky amphibious operations.

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2021-05-12 16:38:55 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The presidents exchanged views on the recent aggravation in East Jerusalem and voiced serious concern over the continuing clashes and the growing number of casualties. Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the sides of the conflict to de-escalate the tension and settle their disputes in a peaceful manner.

At the same time, they noted the Russian and Turkish principled position of support for a dual-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the universally recognised norms of international law. They also highlighted the special role of the international quartet of mediators in the peace process (Russia, the EU, the UN and the United States).

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2021-05-12 00:16:36 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov

Sergey Lavrov: We reviewed the entire range of our relations during yesterday’s detailed talks with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and in today’s talks with Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. We noted the steady character of our strategic cooperation and the good prospects for further development both as regards our bilateral agenda as well as regional and international issues.

It is difficult to overrate the importance of a regular dialogue at the top level. In the four months of this year, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev have already met and had five telephone conversations during which they compared the results of implementing the current important agreements.

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2021-05-11 18:50:24 During #WWII 200+ Soviet soldiers blocked Nazi machine-guns with their bodies. 19-yo Alexander #Matrosov was one of these heroes.

In February 1943 he sacrificed himself to help his unit advance past the pillbox. Now his name is forever on the regiment's list

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2021-05-11 15:01:34 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of #Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov signed the Plan of Inter-Ministerial Consultations.

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2021-05-11 13:30:27 Maria #Zakharova will hold a briefing on topical foreign policy issues at 3 pm MSK (approximately) on May 13.

In light of measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and WHO recommendations on holding public events via teleconferencing, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson will answer media questions received by the call centre. Accredited journalists will be sent detailed information concerning the technical aspects of submitting questions. Open / Comment