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⚡️The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the Ukraine forces’ attempted terrorist attacks that took place in the early morning of May 30 in Moscow and the Moscow Region.
According to the Defence Ministry, the attacks were carried out with the use of eight fixed-wing UAVs. All of them were downed by the Russian air defence and electronic warfare systems. Five drones were shot down by Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems, and three other drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means, after which they lost control and went astray. Unfortunately, the drones that lost control fell on high-rise residential blocks of flats near the Moskovsky State Farm, Leninsky Prospekt and Profsoyuznaya Street. According to the responders, no serious injuries have been reported.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case in this regard. We are confident that every person involved in it will be found and suffer severe punishment.
❌ These attacks were plotted and carried out by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime, for which acts of terror have become an evil routine practice. Its representatives have long and openly called for “retaliation strikes” against Moscow. While making no sense from a military point of view, these attacks appear to be directed exclusively against civilians in order to sow panic among them.
Western support for the Kiev regime is emboldening the Ukrainian leadership towards committing increasingly reckless criminal acts, including acts of terrorism, violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes.
Assurances by NATO officials to the effect that the Kiev regime will not strike deep into Russian territory have turned out to be completely disingenuous.
❗️ The Russian side reserves the right to take tough measures in response to the terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime.
According to the Defence Ministry, the attacks were carried out with the use of eight fixed-wing UAVs. All of them were downed by the Russian air defence and electronic warfare systems. Five drones were shot down by Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems, and three other drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means, after which they lost control and went astray. Unfortunately, the drones that lost control fell on high-rise residential blocks of flats near the Moskovsky State Farm, Leninsky Prospekt and Profsoyuznaya Street. According to the responders, no serious injuries have been reported.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case in this regard. We are confident that every person involved in it will be found and suffer severe punishment.
❌ These attacks were plotted and carried out by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime, for which acts of terror have become an evil routine practice. Its representatives have long and openly called for “retaliation strikes” against Moscow. While making no sense from a military point of view, these attacks appear to be directed exclusively against civilians in order to sow panic among them.
Western support for the Kiev regime is emboldening the Ukrainian leadership towards committing increasingly reckless criminal acts, including acts of terrorism, violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes.
Assurances by NATO officials to the effect that the Kiev regime will not strike deep into Russian territory have turned out to be completely disingenuous.
❗️ The Russian side reserves the right to take tough measures in response to the terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime.
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🇦🇲🇧🇾🇰🇿🇰🇬🇷🇺 С Днем ЕАЭС!
29 мая 2014 года в Казахстане был подписан Договор о ЕАЭС. С инициативой об учреждении праздника в 2022 году выступил Президент Кыргызстана Садыр Жапаров. Его единогласно поддержали главы государств «пятерки». Как отмечено в распоряжении ВЕЭС, установление такого дня поможет углубить сотрудничество между странами.
💬 «За 9 лет ЕАЭС превратился в ключевую площадку сотрудничества государств Большой Евразии. Мы готовы принимать важные стратегические решения. Сегодня перед нашим объединением стоят амбициозные цели, включая стимулирование инвестиционной активности, создание расчетной системы, по своим показателям превосходящей SWIFT, разработку автономной цифровой валютной среды. Уверен, в ближайшие годы страны ЕАЭС смогут сохранить и приумножить высокие темпы функционирования объединения на основе уважительного отношения к экономическим интересам как стран Союза, так и государств всего евразийского пространства», – подчеркнул Председатель Коллегии ЕЭК Михаил Мясникович.
29 мая 2014 года в Казахстане был подписан Договор о ЕАЭС. С инициативой об учреждении праздника в 2022 году выступил Президент Кыргызстана Садыр Жапаров. Его единогласно поддержали главы государств «пятерки». Как отмечено в распоряжении ВЕЭС, установление такого дня поможет углубить сотрудничество между странами.
💬 «За 9 лет ЕАЭС превратился в ключевую площадку сотрудничества государств Большой Евразии. Мы готовы принимать важные стратегические решения. Сегодня перед нашим объединением стоят амбициозные цели, включая стимулирование инвестиционной активности, создание расчетной системы, по своим показателям превосходящей SWIFT, разработку автономной цифровой валютной среды. Уверен, в ближайшие годы страны ЕАЭС смогут сохранить и приумножить высокие темпы функционирования объединения на основе уважительного отношения к экономическим интересам как стран Союза, так и государств всего евразийского пространства», – подчеркнул Председатель Коллегии ЕЭК Михаил Мясникович.
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🇷🇺🇿🇦 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa to take part in the BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting.
📍 Cape Town, May 31, 2023
📍 Cape Town, May 31, 2023
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🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko’s answer to a media question on the situation with the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
❓ Question: On May 30, 2023, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi briefed the UN Security Council on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Ukraine refused to support his proposals designed to avert Kiev’s attacks against the ZNPP. What would be your comment regarding this situation? What is Russia’s position on the five principles Rafael Grossi put forward to help ensure nuclear safety and security at ZNPP?
💬 Alexander Grushko: As for Ukraine’s response, we must note that it did not come as a surprise for us. Kiev has blocked all IAEA Director General’s initiatives to reinforce ZNPP’s safety.
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Kiev has so far excelled at creating safety risks for the ZNPP, and its zeal could be put to better use. There is an explanation why this is happening. In fact, just like with many other matters, Ukraine does not have the legal standing to deal with this issue.
The country’s leadership strictly follows the instructions it receives from Washington and London, which do not have any problems sacrificing people’s lives and nuclear safety on the European continent for the sake of their political interests. Unfortunately, governments in many other Western countries have been playing along.
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☝️ In these conditions, we will take all necessary action to improve ZNPP’s safety as per Russia’s national laws and the commitments we have under the corresponding international legal instruments to which our country is a party.
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❓ Question: On May 30, 2023, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi briefed the UN Security Council on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Ukraine refused to support his proposals designed to avert Kiev’s attacks against the ZNPP. What would be your comment regarding this situation? What is Russia’s position on the five principles Rafael Grossi put forward to help ensure nuclear safety and security at ZNPP?
💬 Alexander Grushko: As for Ukraine’s response, we must note that it did not come as a surprise for us. Kiev has blocked all IAEA Director General’s initiatives to reinforce ZNPP’s safety.
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Kiev has so far excelled at creating safety risks for the ZNPP, and its zeal could be put to better use. There is an explanation why this is happening. In fact, just like with many other matters, Ukraine does not have the legal standing to deal with this issue.
The country’s leadership strictly follows the instructions it receives from Washington and London, which do not have any problems sacrificing people’s lives and nuclear safety on the European continent for the sake of their political interests. Unfortunately, governments in many other Western countries have been playing along.
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☝️ In these conditions, we will take all necessary action to improve ZNPP’s safety as per Russia’s national laws and the commitments we have under the corresponding international legal instruments to which our country is a party.
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⚡️ On new facts of global surveillance by the United States
The Russian authorities have uncovered new facts of the US special services using American IT companies for global surveillance of US and other countries’ citizens. In this instance, they used the software vulnerabilities of US-made smartphones.
This fact has conclusively proven what Moscow has been speaking about for a long time, namely, that the US intelligence services have been using IT giants for decades to collect internet users’ personal data without their knowledge. More evidence of this illegal activity comes to light every year.
Time and again, we addressed the concerned international platforms on the need to restore order and formulate the universal rules of conduct in the digital environment based on respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and the sovereign equality of states. In January 2021, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a Statement on the violation of the freedom of speech principle by US global IT companies and on drafting an international convention to regulate their operations. Practice has shown that Washington is not ready to consider our proposals.
❗️ The United States has placed itself above the law. We have provided the UN with ample evidence of the double standards that country and its special services and companies have been using in the sphere of international information security (IIS).
We once again call on all the concerned parties to formulate clear and fair regulations in the digital sphere that would be binding for all states and especially ICT designers. This is the goal of the initiatives Russia has advanced within the framework of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on IIS. <...>
☝️ No state has a right to abuse its technological capabilities in a sensitive sphere such as access to the personal data of smartphone users.
The Russian authorities have uncovered new facts of the US special services using American IT companies for global surveillance of US and other countries’ citizens. In this instance, they used the software vulnerabilities of US-made smartphones.
This fact has conclusively proven what Moscow has been speaking about for a long time, namely, that the US intelligence services have been using IT giants for decades to collect internet users’ personal data without their knowledge. More evidence of this illegal activity comes to light every year.
Time and again, we addressed the concerned international platforms on the need to restore order and formulate the universal rules of conduct in the digital environment based on respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and the sovereign equality of states. In January 2021, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a Statement on the violation of the freedom of speech principle by US global IT companies and on drafting an international convention to regulate their operations. Practice has shown that Washington is not ready to consider our proposals.
❗️ The United States has placed itself above the law. We have provided the UN with ample evidence of the double standards that country and its special services and companies have been using in the sphere of international information security (IIS).
We once again call on all the concerned parties to formulate clear and fair regulations in the digital sphere that would be binding for all states and especially ICT designers. This is the goal of the initiatives Russia has advanced within the framework of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on IIS. <...>
☝️ No state has a right to abuse its technological capabilities in a sensitive sphere such as access to the personal data of smartphone users.
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📸 Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #BRICS Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
📍 Cape Town, June 1, 2023
📸 Family Photo ceremony ahead of the #BRICS Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
📍 Cape Town, June 1, 2023
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the Ukraine crisis
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Key points:
• Today, June 1 is International Children’s Day. This day is used to draw world public attention to the problems faced by children in different parts of the world.
• We are doing all we can to keep children safe in the new regions of Russia, and help them keep a healthy outlook with school vacations. Many Russian health resorts are receiving them with hospitality now. About 6,000 children from the new regions will take a break in the Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, Tatarstan and the Samara, Voronezh and Tambov regions, to name a few. These vouchers are free of charge.
• At the same time, the Kiev regime’s attitude towards children is diametrically opposite. In Ukraine, children often “rest” in paramilitary camps established by neo-Nazi units.
• Whom do these graduates of summer camps turn into? We are seeing this today with the example of neo-Nazis from the Armed Forces of Ukraine that continue shelling residential neighbourhoods in Donetsk and other Russian cities within reach of their artillery.
• Responsibility for these tragedies rests with the Kiev regime and its Western bosses that close their eyes to the monstrous crimes committed with increasingly deadly weapons supplied by NATO countries to Ukraine.
• The Kiev junta has long been using terrorist methods in its battle against Russia. On May 30, Ukraine’s secret services engineered another brazen incursion as they attempted to attack Moscow and the Moscow Region with drones.
❗️ The West openly supports Kiev’s policy of physical annihilation of ethnic Russians. It nods in silence when Ukrainian functionaries promise to exterminate the people of Crimea. Most recently, the Westerners themselves have begun to talk openly about the destruction of the civilian population in Russia.
• We are thus left with a regretful statement to the effect that Westerners, including, ironically, the Germans, didn’t learn their history lesson. The neo-Nazi sentiment and the desire to escalate the Ukraine conflict are stronger than ever in Europe.
• The United States and its NATO allies continue to flood the Kiev regime with modern weapons. Not long ago, they supplied Ukraine with long-range missiles and tanks. Now, time has come to supply it with aircraft. On May 26, during the online 12th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein group), they announced the creation of a “coalition of jets.”
• In fact, the high-flown rhetoric we are hearing from the Americans is hiding a trivial ploy to pull in as much money from it as possible. It’s no secret that touting any kind of “tank-based” or “jet-based” coalition, the United States is primarily concerned with expanding its own presence on the European arms market.
☝️ No matter how hard the collective West tries to arm the Ukrainian forces and encourage the Ukrainian authorities to continue the confrontation with Russia, these attempts are doomed.
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Key points:
• Today, June 1 is International Children’s Day. This day is used to draw world public attention to the problems faced by children in different parts of the world.
• We are doing all we can to keep children safe in the new regions of Russia, and help them keep a healthy outlook with school vacations. Many Russian health resorts are receiving them with hospitality now. About 6,000 children from the new regions will take a break in the Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, Tatarstan and the Samara, Voronezh and Tambov regions, to name a few. These vouchers are free of charge.
• At the same time, the Kiev regime’s attitude towards children is diametrically opposite. In Ukraine, children often “rest” in paramilitary camps established by neo-Nazi units.
• Whom do these graduates of summer camps turn into? We are seeing this today with the example of neo-Nazis from the Armed Forces of Ukraine that continue shelling residential neighbourhoods in Donetsk and other Russian cities within reach of their artillery.
• Responsibility for these tragedies rests with the Kiev regime and its Western bosses that close their eyes to the monstrous crimes committed with increasingly deadly weapons supplied by NATO countries to Ukraine.
• The Kiev junta has long been using terrorist methods in its battle against Russia. On May 30, Ukraine’s secret services engineered another brazen incursion as they attempted to attack Moscow and the Moscow Region with drones.
❗️ The West openly supports Kiev’s policy of physical annihilation of ethnic Russians. It nods in silence when Ukrainian functionaries promise to exterminate the people of Crimea. Most recently, the Westerners themselves have begun to talk openly about the destruction of the civilian population in Russia.
• We are thus left with a regretful statement to the effect that Westerners, including, ironically, the Germans, didn’t learn their history lesson. The neo-Nazi sentiment and the desire to escalate the Ukraine conflict are stronger than ever in Europe.
• The United States and its NATO allies continue to flood the Kiev regime with modern weapons. Not long ago, they supplied Ukraine with long-range missiles and tanks. Now, time has come to supply it with aircraft. On May 26, during the online 12th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein group), they announced the creation of a “coalition of jets.”
• In fact, the high-flown rhetoric we are hearing from the Americans is hiding a trivial ploy to pull in as much money from it as possible. It’s no secret that touting any kind of “tank-based” or “jet-based” coalition, the United States is primarily concerned with expanding its own presence on the European arms market.
☝️ No matter how hard the collective West tries to arm the Ukrainian forces and encourage the Ukrainian authorities to continue the confrontation with Russia, these attempts are doomed.
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🇷🇺🇿🇦 On June 1, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa Naledi Pandor in Cape Town on the sidelines of the #BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting.
During their conversation, the Ministers touched upon topical aspects of further strengthening the strategic partnership between Russia and the Republic of South Africa, including by expanding trade, economic, scientific, cultural and inter-parliamentary ties.
While discussing the situation in and around Ukraine, they focused on implementing an initiative of the President of the Republic of South Africa, as regards a trip to Russia by a group of African leaders.
They also reaffirmed the commitment of Moscow and Pretoria to deeper political dialogue, including more coordinated actions at the UN, BRICS, the G20 and other influential platforms.
The Russian side praised preparations for the BRICS summit under the South African chairmanship in Johannesburg in August 2023, and reaffirmed its readiness to provide comprehensive support to Pretoria for implementing its plans in the interests of strengthening full-fledged partnership among the five BRICS nations.
During their conversation, the Ministers touched upon topical aspects of further strengthening the strategic partnership between Russia and the Republic of South Africa, including by expanding trade, economic, scientific, cultural and inter-parliamentary ties.
While discussing the situation in and around Ukraine, they focused on implementing an initiative of the President of the Republic of South Africa, as regards a trip to Russia by a group of African leaders.
They also reaffirmed the commitment of Moscow and Pretoria to deeper political dialogue, including more coordinated actions at the UN, BRICS, the G20 and other influential platforms.
The Russian side praised preparations for the BRICS summit under the South African chairmanship in Johannesburg in August 2023, and reaffirmed its readiness to provide comprehensive support to Pretoria for implementing its plans in the interests of strengthening full-fledged partnership among the five BRICS nations.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting (Cape Town, June 1, 2023)
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Key talking points:
🌐 The world is rapidly changing right before our eyes. The countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America are strengthening their economic positions and showing their commitment and readiness to uphold their sovereign national interests and to play an equal role in global processes.
• A more just polycentric international order is taking shape at an increasingly fast pace. The unipolar system that used to create privileges for a small group of countries by way of imposing on all others unspecified rules and standards.
• The hegemonism and one-sidedness that continue to impact the Global South and the Global East are still rife. The West is using sanctions and financial blackmail to coerce sovereign nations into choosing specific economic models and trading partners thus limiting their potential.
• These neo-colonial approaches and practices that are steeped in the desire to live at the expense of others have the most negative impact on communication between countries and are untenable in today’s world.
• I am convinced that, given the circumstances, the role of #BRICS in helping resolve global problems should increase, especially so since our association remains an example of genuine multilateralism, which is inclusive, universal and non-discriminatory.
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Key talking points:
🌐 The world is rapidly changing right before our eyes. The countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America are strengthening their economic positions and showing their commitment and readiness to uphold their sovereign national interests and to play an equal role in global processes.
• A more just polycentric international order is taking shape at an increasingly fast pace. The unipolar system that used to create privileges for a small group of countries by way of imposing on all others unspecified rules and standards.
• The hegemonism and one-sidedness that continue to impact the Global South and the Global East are still rife. The West is using sanctions and financial blackmail to coerce sovereign nations into choosing specific economic models and trading partners thus limiting their potential.
• These neo-colonial approaches and practices that are steeped in the desire to live at the expense of others have the most negative impact on communication between countries and are untenable in today’s world.
• I am convinced that, given the circumstances, the role of #BRICS in helping resolve global problems should increase, especially so since our association remains an example of genuine multilateralism, which is inclusive, universal and non-discriminatory.
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📸 Foreign Ministers of the expanded "Friends of BRICS" format at the Family Photo ceremony
📍 Cape Town, June 2, 2023
📸 Foreign Ministers of the expanded "Friends of BRICS" format at the Family Photo ceremony
📍 Cape Town, June 2, 2023
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions following the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting (Cape Town, June 1, 2023)
❓Question: Many countries have been declaring their desire to be invited into the BRICS group. For instance, today, you met with the delegation from Saudi Arabia, who also expressed their desire to do that. Could you please tell us about the progress that is being made in this direction and why do you think BRICS attracts so many countries?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Indeed, we discussed this issue, and I did discuss it with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud this morning.
As regards the approach of #BRICS, it is still being shaped, it is evolving. The sherpas reported to us about the results they reached at this stage. The Chair authorised them to continue after they listened to the comments made by each of us at the meeting.
BRICS is a different kind of structure. It is a new organisation based on the principles of equality, mutual respect, consensus, non-interference and strict adherence to the United Nations Charter, to all its principles in their interlinkages. It is not for BRICS to pick and choose something you like in this Charter for this particular situation and then to do the opposite for another situation. I think BRICS symbolises the evolution of the multipolar world, which is talked about very often, and more and more so. And the fact that more than 12 countries have expressed their desire to be part of BRICS is a testimony to that.
❓ Question: May I ask you to comment on the reports alleging that the BRICS Summit may be moved to China from South Africa? What do you think about these plans?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: As far as I know, this news story appeared in a single British tabloid of some sort.
And I do not read English papers.
❓Question: Many countries have been declaring their desire to be invited into the BRICS group. For instance, today, you met with the delegation from Saudi Arabia, who also expressed their desire to do that. Could you please tell us about the progress that is being made in this direction and why do you think BRICS attracts so many countries?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Indeed, we discussed this issue, and I did discuss it with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud this morning.
As regards the approach of #BRICS, it is still being shaped, it is evolving. The sherpas reported to us about the results they reached at this stage. The Chair authorised them to continue after they listened to the comments made by each of us at the meeting.
BRICS is a different kind of structure. It is a new organisation based on the principles of equality, mutual respect, consensus, non-interference and strict adherence to the United Nations Charter, to all its principles in their interlinkages. It is not for BRICS to pick and choose something you like in this Charter for this particular situation and then to do the opposite for another situation. I think BRICS symbolises the evolution of the multipolar world, which is talked about very often, and more and more so. And the fact that more than 12 countries have expressed their desire to be part of BRICS is a testimony to that.
❓ Question: May I ask you to comment on the reports alleging that the BRICS Summit may be moved to China from South Africa? What do you think about these plans?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: As far as I know, this news story appeared in a single British tabloid of some sort.
And I do not read English papers.
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📄 From the Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (Cape Town, South Africa, 1 June 2023)
🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations:
• Exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues;
• Reiterated their commitment to strengthening multilateralism and upholding international law, including the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter;
• Expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects notably in the developing world;
• Reiterated the call for reforms of the principal organs of the UN;
• Reaffirmed the importance of the G20 to continue playing the role of the premier multilateral forum in the field of economic cooperation;
• Called for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
• Recognised the impact on the world economy from unilateral approaches in breach of international law;
• Emphasised that ensuring energy security is a crucial foundation for economic development, social stability, national security, and the welfare of all nations worldwide;
• Reiterated that the objectives, principles and provisions of the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement must be honoured;
• Called for the full and effective implementation of both the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the Secretariat of the United Nations on promoting Russian food products and fertilizers to the world markets;
• Expressed serious concern over continued conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa;
• Welcomed the readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the League of Arab States on 7 May 2023;
• Expressed strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed;
• Called for strengthening the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.
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🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations:
• Exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues;
• Reiterated their commitment to strengthening multilateralism and upholding international law, including the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter;
• Expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects notably in the developing world;
• Reiterated the call for reforms of the principal organs of the UN;
• Reaffirmed the importance of the G20 to continue playing the role of the premier multilateral forum in the field of economic cooperation;
• Called for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
• Recognised the impact on the world economy from unilateral approaches in breach of international law;
• Emphasised that ensuring energy security is a crucial foundation for economic development, social stability, national security, and the welfare of all nations worldwide;
• Reiterated that the objectives, principles and provisions of the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement must be honoured;
• Called for the full and effective implementation of both the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the Secretariat of the United Nations on promoting Russian food products and fertilizers to the world markets;
• Expressed serious concern over continued conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa;
• Welcomed the readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the League of Arab States on 7 May 2023;
• Expressed strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed;
• Called for strengthening the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.
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🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 On June 1-2, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in a #BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town chaired by South Africa.
The Ministers held an in-depth discussion on a wide range of current international issues, cooperation at multilateral venues, ways to strengthen the BRICS countries’ strategic partnership, BRICS institution building, and preparations for the 15th BRICS summit scheduled for August 22-24.
The delegation heads spoke out for promoting multilateralism, preserving the UN’s leading role in the maintenance of peace and security, ensuring sustainable development, including through broader use of Africa’s potential and combating climate change, as well as boosting cooperation to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
They reaffirmed their resolve to continue working in the five countries’ key areas of strategic partnership in politics, security, culture and humanitarian ties.
One of their priorities is the further development of interaction on the economic and financial tracks and stable operations of the New Development Bank.
Following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers adopted a joint statement.
The agenda also included an extended Friends of BRICS meeting attended by Foreign Ministers from 12 developing countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, the Comoro Islands, Cuba, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These contacts have become a good tradition and are helping strengthen interaction between the BRICS nations and like-minded countries.
The Ministers held an in-depth discussion on a wide range of current international issues, cooperation at multilateral venues, ways to strengthen the BRICS countries’ strategic partnership, BRICS institution building, and preparations for the 15th BRICS summit scheduled for August 22-24.
The delegation heads spoke out for promoting multilateralism, preserving the UN’s leading role in the maintenance of peace and security, ensuring sustainable development, including through broader use of Africa’s potential and combating climate change, as well as boosting cooperation to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
They reaffirmed their resolve to continue working in the five countries’ key areas of strategic partnership in politics, security, culture and humanitarian ties.
One of their priorities is the further development of interaction on the economic and financial tracks and stable operations of the New Development Bank.
Following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers adopted a joint statement.
The agenda also included an extended Friends of BRICS meeting attended by Foreign Ministers from 12 developing countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, the Comoro Islands, Cuba, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These contacts have become a good tradition and are helping strengthen interaction between the BRICS nations and like-minded countries.
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🗓 On June 6, Russia celebrates #RussianLanguageDay.
On this day in 1799, the greatest poet, prose writer, playwright, historian, critic, and founder of the modern Russian literary language, Alexander Pushkin, was born.
🇷🇺 On June 6, 2011, the President of the Russian Federation signed an Executive Order on holding Russian Language Day annually in order to “preserve, support and promote the Russian language as a national treasure of the peoples of the Russian Federation, a means of international communication and an integral part of the cultural and spiritual heritage of world civilisation.”
• Support and promotion of the Russian language abroad is one of the most important tools for expanding international cultural cooperation between Russia and other countries.
• Russian has the status of a state and official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and other countries.
🇺🇳 Russian is the official or working language in a number of international organisations, including the UN and some of its specialised agencies, the SCO, OSCE, CIS, EAEU, ATS, CSTO, ISO, CES, GUAM, IFRC and ICRC.
❗️ The Russian language is one of the most popular languages in the world:
• 6️⃣th most spoken language in the world;
• 8️⃣th most widespread language;
• 2️⃣nd by the number of websites on the Internet.
In general, about 146 million citizens of the Russian Federation and 130 million people abroad speak Russian.
#RussianLanguage #Pushkin
On this day in 1799, the greatest poet, prose writer, playwright, historian, critic, and founder of the modern Russian literary language, Alexander Pushkin, was born.
🇷🇺 On June 6, 2011, the President of the Russian Federation signed an Executive Order on holding Russian Language Day annually in order to “preserve, support and promote the Russian language as a national treasure of the peoples of the Russian Federation, a means of international communication and an integral part of the cultural and spiritual heritage of world civilisation.”
• Support and promotion of the Russian language abroad is one of the most important tools for expanding international cultural cooperation between Russia and other countries.
• Russian has the status of a state and official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and other countries.
🇺🇳 Russian is the official or working language in a number of international organisations, including the UN and some of its specialised agencies, the SCO, OSCE, CIS, EAEU, ATS, CSTO, ISO, CES, GUAM, IFRC and ICRC.
❗️ The Russian language is one of the most popular languages in the world:
• 6️⃣th most spoken language in the world;
• 8️⃣th most widespread language;
• 2️⃣nd by the number of websites on the Internet.
In general, about 146 million citizens of the Russian Federation and 130 million people abroad speak Russian.
#RussianLanguage #Pushkin
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🗓 On June 5, First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov chaired a regional meeting of the Russian ambassadors to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
The participants discussed in detail the status of Russia’s relations with the said states and determined priorities for Russian diplomatic and consular missions in implementing the provisions of the updated Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation.
They stated that the hostile anti-Russia line of these states has destroyed all contacts and practical results of the multilateral dialogue that had accumulated over decades of mutually beneficial cooperation. Finland’s accession to NATO and Sweden’s upcoming accession are seriously changing the military-political situation in the Baltic Sea and the North of Europe in general by projecting tensions and conflict potential into this part of Europe.
☝️ The participants noted that the anti-Russia steps by unfriendly countries that have adopted a course towards confrontation with us would inevitably trigger response measures.
They emphasised that discrimination against Russia in regional cooperation formats in the North of Europe and the Arctic is leading to the disintegration of regional organisations due to the West’s fault, which is fraught with negative consequences for the entire region.
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The participants discussed in detail the status of Russia’s relations with the said states and determined priorities for Russian diplomatic and consular missions in implementing the provisions of the updated Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation.
They stated that the hostile anti-Russia line of these states has destroyed all contacts and practical results of the multilateral dialogue that had accumulated over decades of mutually beneficial cooperation. Finland’s accession to NATO and Sweden’s upcoming accession are seriously changing the military-political situation in the Baltic Sea and the North of Europe in general by projecting tensions and conflict potential into this part of Europe.
☝️ The participants noted that the anti-Russia steps by unfriendly countries that have adopted a course towards confrontation with us would inevitably trigger response measures.
They emphasised that discrimination against Russia in regional cooperation formats in the North of Europe and the Arctic is leading to the disintegration of regional organisations due to the West’s fault, which is fraught with negative consequences for the entire region.
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