Sergei Lavrov
Sergei Lavrov
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrovis a Russian diplomat, and is currently the Foreign Minister of Russia, in office since 2004...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth21 March 1950
CountryRussian Federation
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There's no room for petty grievances in politics.
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were clearly intended to break off any move forward in the Palestinian-Israeli area of a Middle East settlement.
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We intend to proceed without any sudden moves.
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We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one else does.
We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria.
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We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in one piece, territorially integral, sovereign, independent and secular, where the rights of all groups, ethnic and others, are fully respected.
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The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all.
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For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange opinions and work out recommendations, but to make decisions.
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I am sure the key role in the implementation of our goals will go to our business structures and their establishments in the face of commerce and trade chambers. It is important that we can do it now jointly using the mechanisms and potential of the Russian-Arab business council, which is actively supported by the Russian Foreign Ministry,
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I wouldn't even go into the history of the last days of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal from Europe, and what promises were given at that time, because those were oral promises, and our leaders of that time strongly believe that, like in ancient Russia, a word given is better than any treaty.
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People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of force cannot produce a lasting long-term settlement.
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On September 11, 2001, Russia's then-president, Vladimir Putin, called U.S. President George W. Bush - making Putin the first international leader to speak with Bush after the attacks.
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I was authorized to say we are deeply concerned about the developments in Liberia, ... We appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance.
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Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power?