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🇷🇺🇿🇼 On December 20 in Cairo, Sergey #Lavrov held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe Amon Murwira on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum.

During the talks, the Sides held a substantive discussion on the bilateral agenda, further expansion and diversification of trade, economic and investment cooperation, as well as the implementation of promising joint projects across various sectors.

Moscow and Harare reaffirmed their commitment to deepening political dialogue and maintaining close coordination in addressing pressing international and regional issues within the UN and other multilateral platforms.

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🎙 Opening remarks by Sergey Lavrov at his talks with Amon Murwira:

💬 This is a good opportunity to review our bilateral relations, consider how we can further develop our cooperation and partnership, and also discuss regional and international issues.

I would also like to congratulate you on your birthday.

#RussiaZimbabwe
🇷🇺🇹🇳 On December 20 in Cairo, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of the Republic of Tunisia met on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum.

The Ministers discussed the priorities of further consistent development of the traditionally friendly Russia-Tunisia relations. They reaffirmed their mutual intention to maintain regular trust-based political dialogue, and to expand cooperation in trade, the economy, cultural and humanitarian affairs.

The Parties exchanged opinions on the current issues of the global and regional agendas, with a focus on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. They highlighted their readiness to continue close coordination in the interests of speedy resolution of crises by political and diplomatic means while relying on the fundamental principles and rules of international law and the central role of the United Nations.

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🎙 Opening remarks by Sergey Lavrov during the meeting with Mohamed Ali Nafti

💬 Minister Nafti,

I am glad to have this meeting with you. Russia and Tunisia continue to expand their bilateral relations and cooperation within international organisations.

As far as the bilateral agenda is concerned, Tunisia is now Russia’s second-largest trade partner in Africa. There has been a slight decrease this year, and we can discuss how to resume consistent growth.

I look forward to exchanging views on the international agenda, including in the African region and especially in North Africa.

#RussiaTunisia
🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question on misinformation regarding Russia-South Korea contacts on the Korean Peninsula issues (December 21, 2025)

Question: South Korean media have reported on alleged “official talks” between foreign ministry representatives of Russia and South Korea regarding “the DPRK’s nuclear programme.” What is your comment on that?

💬 Maria Zakharova: Opponents of our cooperation with the DPRK keep making futile attempts to drive a wedge into the Russian-Korean comprehensive strategic partnership and sow distrust between the allied countries and the peoples of Russia and the DPRK.

This misinformation has no grounds whatsoever.

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Russia is not holding any sort of consultations with South Korea. We are not discussing topics related to the bilateral relation between Pyongyang and Seoul, let alone “the DPRK’s nuclear problem” because no such problem exists for Russia. Neither the Foreign Ministry nor Russia in general has appointed representatives on this matter.

What we clearly see is an awkward attempt to present a working trip by a South Korean foreign ministry delegation to Moscow, at the invitation of the Russian academic community – in particular, the Centre for Energy and Security – as some sort of official talks between the Russian and South Korean Foreign Ministries.

Obviously, the purpose of this misinformation is to damage the comprehensive strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Our position regarding cooperation with Pyongyang is consistent and principled. It is not affected by changing political climates and is based on our countries’ long-term strategic national interests, in the spirit and according to the terms of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of June 19, 2024, as well as the statements made by Russian leadership and the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The essence of the position is, firstly, that the so-called de-nuclearisation has lost any sense in the new geopolitical realities.

Secondly, the Russian Side rules out mediation between Pyongyang and Seoul.

Thirdly, any discussions of potential ways to establish lasting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula must proceed with full consideration of the DPRK’s national interests and its position.

❗️ Russia is firmly committed to progressively advancing its relations with the DPRK in accordance with our fundamental bilateral treaty. Any attempts to undermine the brotherly alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang, sealed with blood in the fight against our shared enemies, are doomed to fail.

🇷🇺🇰🇵 The people of Russia will never forget the DPRK’s help in liberating our homeland from Ukrainian Nazis.
🇷🇺🇸🇸 On December 20, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan Monday Simaya Kumba met on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum in Cairo.

The Ministers had a fruitful exchange of opinions on a range of topical bilateral issues and discussed the main directions for developing Russia-South Sudan cooperation in different areas, including deepening political dialogue and expanding cooperation within the UN and other multilateral platforms.

When addressing regional issues, particular attention was paid to the current situation in South Sudan. They noted the importance of seeking peaceful solutions to the internal conflict and restoring peace and stability in the republic.

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🎙 Opening remarks by Sergey Lavrov during talks with Monday Simaya Kumba:

💬 Minister Kumba,

Thank you for accepting our invitation to attend the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.

This meeting is a good opportunity to continue our regular bilateral contacts. Our previous meeting was several months ago, on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York. Today, we are meeting in Cairo.

I believe that on the sidelines of the conference, we have a good opportunity to discuss the state of our bilateral relations and exchange views on the regional situation.

#RussiaSouthSudan
#Announcement

🎙 On Thursday, December 25, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold her weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues.

🕛 12.00 pm MSK
🕘 09.00 am GMT
🕙 10.00 am CET
🕔 5.00 pm CST (Beijing)

For accreditation inquiries, please contact the MFA Press Centre. Accredited journalists will receive details on the technical aspects of submitting questions.

The Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre.

❗️ Accreditation is open until December 23, 09.00 am MSK.
🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a joint press conference with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty following the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum (Cairo, December 20, 2025)

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💬 Sergey Lavrov: We conducted a thorough discussion of the full Russian-African agenda. Our focus was in particular on reviewing the implementation of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan for 2023-2026 and on identifying further steps to expand our trade, economic, and investment cooperation – a partnership that is growing rapidly and which we are committed to strengthening.

We have agreed to create conditions that facilitate concrete steps to increase mutual trade and to implement promising joint investment projects in high-tech industries, all aspects of energy and other areas, including in cultural, humanitarian and educational spheres.

All these areas of practical cooperation are detailed in the comprehensive Joint Statement, which was unanimously approved and which will serve as the central guideline for our future work.

Importantly, this document places special emphasis, within the trade and economic sphere, on establishing resilient financial, logistical, and interbank mechanisms that will safeguard our partnership from illegal unilateral sanctions – a practice our joint statement clearly defines as unacceptable.

The Joint Statement also captures the progress of our discussions on pressing international and regional issues, including those of global significance.

We decided to continue coordinating our efforts in multilateral forums. This includes advancing the reform of the UN Security Council, taking full account of the legitimate interests of African states, and reforming the Bretton Woods institutions, whose composition and practices significantly lag behind today’s global economic realities.

I would like to highlight the section of the Statement that outlines our shared fundamental approaches to key issues of international development. In particular, I note the clear position that all states must respect the principles of the UN Charter not selectively but in their entirety and interdependent integrity.

Significant attention in the Statement is devoted to strengthening the independence of our African friends, particularly in the economic sphere. To protect their right to independent development, their right to choose their own partners and foreign policy priorities, the Statement proclaims our clear support for the recent UN General Assembly resolution establishing December 14 as the annual International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations. This will serve to intensify our shared efforts at the UN to eradicate contemporary forms of colonialism and neocolonial practices.

Finally, our shared position on the urgent resolution of the Palestinian issue, in full compliance with existing UN resolutions, as my colleague detailed, is clearly enshrined in the Statement.

The Joint Statement also contains our shared decision to strengthen cooperation in politics and security. It is one of the reasons why we have recommended establishing working relations between the African Union and the CSTO.

The Forum programme offered a whole range of sideline events, including a business event involving representatives of economic and trade agencies and organisations from Russia and African countries. You certainly know that the Russian delegation had a great number of bilateral meetings – over 20 of them – with the ministers of our African partners. We benefited from useful discussions of bilateral relations and their development. In some cases, agreements and memorandums covering different areas were signed.
🇷🇺🇪🇬 On the meeting between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Leadership of the Arab Republic of Egypt

During his working visit to Cairo on December 19-20, to take part in the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum, Sergey #Lavrov was received by President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and held talks with Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty.

A substantive discussion took place on the prospects for implementing agreements reached earlier at the highest level on the development of traditionally friendly Russia-Egypt relations, in line with the Treaty on Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation, signed in 2018.

The steady growth of bilateral trade was underscored. High appreciation was expressed for the progress of flagship joint investment projects, first and foremost the construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant . The need to intensify efforts to expedite the establishment of the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone was underscored.

Mutual interest was reaffirmed in continuing and expanding business cooperation in energy and agriculture, including uninterrupted supplies of Russian grain to Egypt. The importance of stepping up cooperation in cultural and educational fields was also highlighted.

Following an exchange of views on pressing international and regional issues, the closeness or convergence of the approaches of Russia and Egypt was noted. Readiness was expressed to further deepen bilateral foreign-policy coordination, above all at the United Nations and other multilateral platforms.

Special attention was devoted to the situation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone, with an emphasis on the importance of ensuring a sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The need to continue active diplomatic efforts to resume the Middle East peace process on the well-known international legal basis, with the two-State solution at its core, was underscored.

In discussing the military-political crisis in Sudan, emphasis was placed on the importance of consolidating international efforts to facilitate an early ceasefire and to launch a full-fledged political process with the participation of all influential socio-political forces in the country.

The situation in Syria was also reviewed, with emphasis on the tasks of achieving lasting stabilization. Commitment was reaffirmed to the principled goals of ensuring unconditional respect for the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as to safeguarding the legitimate rights of all components of Syria’s multi-confessional society.

Prospects for a comprehensive settlement of Libya’s long-standing crisis were discussed, with emphasis on the need to actively advance an inclusive national dialogue in the interests of preserving a unified Libyan state.

Sergey Lavrov briefed President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Minister Badr Abdelatty on the course of the special military operation and expressed appreciation to the Egyptian leadership for its balanced approach to the Ukraine crisis.

#RussiaEgypt
#KievRegimeCrimes

⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:

PHOTO EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of December 15-21:

▪️ December 15 – A fixed-wing UAV struck an apartment building in Donetsk, DPR. An 82-year-old woman was injured.

▪️ December 15 – Artillery strike on the public reception office of the administration in Kakhovka, Kherson Region. A 78-year-old woman was injured.

▪️ Night of December 15 – Belgorod: shelling damaged a civilian industrial facility.

▪️ Night of December 18 – A fixed-wing UAV attacked a private residential house in Bataysk, Rostov Region. One person was killed, six others were injured.

▪️ December 18 – In Grayvoron, Belgorod Region, an FPV drone struck a parked vehicle in the courtyard of a private residential house.

▪️ December 18 – In Grayvoron, Belgorod Region, an FPV drone attacked a moving civilian passenger car. A civilian was killed.

▪️ December 18 – In Velyki Kopani, Kherson Region, a UAV attacked a service vehicle of Khersonenergo. As a result of munition detonation, one employee was killed and three were injured.

▪️ December 19 – In Yasni Zori, Belgorod Region, a strike UAV attacked a private residential house.

▪️ December 19 – The Ukrainian armed forces carried out an MLRS strike on the sports complex of the Gorlovka College of Industrial Technologies in the DPR.

▪️ Night of December 21 – A Ukrainian UAV struck an apartment building in Gorlovka, DPR. A woman was injured.

#NoStatuteOfLimitations