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
level raising social standards
We have become stronger economically; we have been successfully resolving the social problems, raising the level of living - the standards of living - of the population.
fine national respect sure
If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow.
sanctions
Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.
believe
I don't believe in ideology in international relations.
absolutely anyone russia
It is absolutely unacceptable to talk to Russia - or anyone for that matter - in the language of ultimatums and coercive measures.
achieve arms spirit strive
In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control.
politics second
A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics.
walks
If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?
afghan arms army cooperate forces officers provide transit
We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan army and security forces with arms and helicopters, we cooperate in training officers for law enforcement agencies.
becoming countries far joint members nato programmes projects relationship south
NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO.
sanctions trading war
We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows.
adopted adoption basis countries discovered general kids looked reports russians subject united written
We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents.
attained broad country dialogue forces national peace regions
Our stand is crystal-clear - we want peace in Ukraine, which can only be attained through broad national dialogue in which all regions and all political forces of the country must participate.
adopt allow anyone becoming country economy emerging forces mere primitive provoke russian society view
As Russian society is becoming increasingly consolidated and as its economy grows, forces are emerging which, by mere inertia, view our country as an enemy... (But) we will not allow anyone to provoke us to adopt primitive anti-Western policies,