Diplomacy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that Syria must not be allowed to fall into the hands of a "terrorist group" as Islamist-led rebels advance on President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Lavrov spoke after talks in the Gulf state of Qatar with fellow Assad ally Iran and opposition…

Russian state media thinks Tucker Carlson might be acting as a back channel between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. During a Thursday broadcast of the state-controlled channel Solovyov Live, host Vladimir Solovyov spoke to his guest, U.S. expert Malek Dudakov, and referred to Carlson’s recent Moscow interview with Russian Foreign…

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview broadcast on Thursday, said the use of a hypersonic missile in the Ukraine war sought to make the West understand that Moscow was ready to use any means to ensure no "strategic defeat" would be inflicted on Moscow...Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is making his first trip to an EU country since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - Copyright AFP Philip FONG Andrea BERNARDI with Alice RITCHIE in Rome The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers were due to attend an OSCE summit in Malta on…

Russia discusses 'dangerous' escalation in Syria with Iran, Turkey AFP Last Updated: Nov 30, 2024, 09:54:00 PM IST Synopsis Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed concerns over the escalating hostilities in Syria in phone calls with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. He discussed the situation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan…

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that an attack on Russia's Bryansk region by Ukraine using U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles was a clear signal that the West wanted to escalate the Ukraine conflict. “The fact that ATACMS were used repeatedly in the Bryansk region overnight is, of course,…

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to visit Malta in December to take part in a meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Vedomosti daily reported on Nov 1, citing foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. This will be Mr…

Russia will back Africa's bid for a United Nations security Council seat. Speaking to Russian media on the eve of the UN General Assembly, Moscow's foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov called Africa's desire for a permanent seat on the UN's top organ 'legitimate'. He said Russia also supports the aspirations…

Russian President Vladimir Putin was joking when he said Moscow was supporting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Sky News Arabia. Putin said earlier this month that Russia wanted Harris to win the contest in a teasing comment that cited her “infectious” laugh…

By Eurasianet - Sep 20, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT Armenian authorities have thwarted an alleged Russian-backed coup attempt aimed at overthrowing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The coup attempt comes amidst stalled peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with disagreements over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Zangezur corridor hindering progress.…