Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s two-day visit to Serbia is being called into question as Montenegro, northern Macedonia and Bulgaria ban his aircraft from entering its airspace, the Vecernje Novosti newspaper reported. . Due to recent developments, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Monday morning, according to the Serbian […]
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Lavrov: Russia expects a big jump in profits from energy exports in 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that Western sanctions would not affect his country’s oil exports and predicted a big jump in Russia’s energy export profits this year. “With the level of prices established as a result of Western policies, we have not suffered any budget losses,” Lavrov told a Bosnian Serb television station, […]
Lavrov: Sending missile systems to Ukraine risks ‘third country’ involvement in war
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that sending advanced rocket launchers from the United States to Ukraine raises the risk of a “third country” being involved in the Moscow-Kiev conflict. The Russian foreign minister responded in this way when asked in a press conference given to Saudi Arabia about the US plans to deliver […]
OPEC + says important for Russia Lavrov – No deportation issue raised, says Agency
Cooperation with the OPEC + team remains important for Russia, said today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Sergey Lavrov, from Saudi Arabia. According to Reuters, speaking during the last part of his visit to the Middle East, Lavrov said in a press conference that “the principles of our cooperation on this basis […]
Lavrov: West’s ‘total war’ against Moscow will last a long time
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today denounced the “total war” against Russia, which he said would last “a long time.” “The West has declared a full-scale war against us, against the whole of the Russian world,” Lavrov said during a meeting with Russian provincial officials. “We can say that this situation will last for a […]
Lavrov: The Italian peace plan is not serious
The head of the Russian diplomacy assessed in an interview published today that the peace plan in Ukraine proposed by Italy is not “serious”. Sergei Lavrov also stated that he knows the content only from the press, as the text has not been transmitted to Moscow. Undersecretary of State Andrei Rudenko said Monday that he […]
Lavrov: French and European policy in Mali is ‘colonial’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday denounced the “colonial mentality” of France and Europe in Mali, welcoming his counterpart Abdullaye Diop in Moscow. “(France) ‘s dissatisfaction with the Mali authorities’ desire to seek the help of foreign security forces is nothing but a reversal of the colonial mentality that Europeans should have put aside […]
Lavrov: Sweden-Finland accession to NATO does not make much difference, ‘they have already participated in NATO exercises’
The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is unlikely to make much difference to the current situation, as the two countries have long participated in military exercises of the Western military alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement on Tuesday. , according to Reuters. “Finland and Sweden, as well as other […]
Lavrov: EU has become ‘aggressive and pro-war’ – becoming NATO’s ‘annex’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today accused the European Union of turning it into an “aggressive and pro-war” factor in the wake of the NATO conflict in Ukraine. “The EU has transformed from a constructive economic platform, as it was created, into an aggressive and belligerent factor that is already demonstrating its ambitions far beyond […]
Lavrov’s key ally in Algeria
Russia’s foreign minister is visiting Algeria, a key ally of Moscow and a gas exporter, to which European countries are seeking to reduce their dependence on Russian gas. The Russian Foreign Minister will meet today with his Algerian counterpart Ramdan Lamamra before being received by President Abdelmajid Teboun, according to local media. On April 18, […]