Diplomacy

Foreign Minister Park Jin on Sunday warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov against entering into any arms deals with North Korea. "Russia-North Korea relations must progress in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions," Park told Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in India. The same day North Korean…

China will uphold an “independent and impartial” stance on the Ukraine war, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, August 7. Earlier this year, China had promised to mediate in the Ukraine crisis and vowed…

Published By: Pritha Mallick Last Updated: August 07, 2023, 23:35 IST Beijing, China The Russian national flag flies in front of the Great Hall of the People before a welcoming ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing, China, May 24, 2023. (Reuters File Photo) China's top diplomat Wang…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone conversation on Monday that China would uphold an independent and impartial position on Ukraine as it strives to find a political settlement to the issue. Wang's comments to Lavrov were announced in a…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was meeting Kenyan leaders on Monday on a surprise visit to Nairobi, as Moscow and Kyiv both seek to bolster support from African nations over the war in Ukraine. Lavrov's trip to the East African powerhouse comes on the heels of a trip to the…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Wednesday’s drone incident at the Kremlin was a “hostile act” and Russia would respond with “concrete actions.” Russia has accused Ukraine of firing drones at the Kremlin in an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin, and said the United States was…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow's exports remained. Negotiated in July by Turkey and the United Nations, the agreement allows Ukraine -- one of the world's top grain producers -- to export grain through a safe…

Foreign minister also threatens to abandon grain deal that eased world food concerns published : 7 Apr 2023 at 19:45 “Any negotiation needs to be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says of peace talks to end the Ukraine conflict. (Photo: AFP) ANKARA:…

Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday condemned Western “hype" over the arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges, dismissing Washington’s latest call for his release and saying his fate would be decided in court. In a rare call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Sergei Lavrov said Gershkovich had…

A clip of veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sparking laughter after claiming Ukraine was to blame for Vladimir Putin's invasion has gone viral. During an event in New Delhi, where he had been taking part in talks among the G20 group of industrialized nations, Lavrov struggled to get to…