Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called upon all parties concerned in the rebuilding of Syria to act in the interests of the Syrian people and out of total respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. Lavrov made his remarks during a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization […]

The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers have held a joint press conference after talks in Beijing, which were dedicated to the situation on the Korean peninsula in the wake of North Korea’s decision to halt nuclear and missile tests, as well as the situation in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at the […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Monday suggested that the poisoning of a former double agent could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit. The March 4 attack on Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury has triggered a wave of tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats between the West and […]

 Russia will expel British diplomats in response to UK actions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday “Certainly. Soon,” Lavrov said when asked at a forum in Moscow if Russia will order British diplomats to leave. Lavrov called the UK actions “the nervous reaction to Russia’s return as an equal partner.” On Wednesday, Britain announced it […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned the United States against attacking Syria, saying that if this happens, the consequences will be serious. In a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov said that the US representative at the Security Council Nikki Haley should be aware that “It is one thing to irresponsibly use a microphone […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the root of the problems in the Eastern Ghouta is the presence of Jabhat al-Nusra use civilians as human shields and claim that humanitarian conditions are bad there. In a press conference with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov on Friday, Lavrov said that the terrorists use civilians in […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, stressed that there is no alternative to the settlement of Syria’s crisis on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254. “The Syrian National Dialogue Congress recently held in Russia’s Sochi has given a serious positive impetus to the United Nations-led Geneva […]

The US Treasury Department has released a list, comprising 114 Russian politicians and 96 businessmen, who may face sanctions. Most senior officials of the Russian presidential administration have been added to the so-called “Kremlin Report,” that could pave way for more anti-Russia sanctions, the document, released on Monday, reads. The list includes a number of […]

TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary Rex Tillerson discussed on Saturday during a phone call the development of the political settlement for crisis in Syria. Lavrov and Tillerson focused on the situation in Syria, including issues of stability in the country’s north and promotion of the UN-brokered peace settlement, to […]

Addressing a news conference during a meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Vienna, Russian FM Lavrov slammed Trump decision to move embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem).  “This announcement runs counter to common sense,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference in Vienna on Friday, referring to US President Donald Trump’s decision to move American […]