EMBASSY INFORMS
On October 25, 2021 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. UN Charter is a universal set of rules endorsed by all countries of the world, that establishes multilateralism and legitimacy of the UN and its central coordinating role in global politics. Vladimir Putin took part in a plenary session of the 18th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. We took notice of «The Times» publication regarding negotiations between the British and Ukrainian defence agencies on supplies of British weapons for the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces. We would like to remind that a civil war continues in Ukraine, which became a consequence of a coup carried out with the active support of a number of Western countries. The Moscow format’s main and indisputable advantage is that it unites Afghanistan with all neighbouring countries and other influential states of the region without exception. We regret the fact that our US colleagues are not participating in this meeting. We noted the fact that this is the second time in a row that the Americans have avoided an expanded troika meeting (Russia-United States-China-Pakistan). Joint Statement of the Participants in the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan. Question: The day before yesterday, Moscow announced measures in response to NATO’s aggressive moves. Are these measures prompted by Russia’s belief that NATO has to take the first step towards improving relations with Moscow?
Sergey Lavrov: Yes, this is our approach. We have never been the first to start aggravating our relations with NATO, or the European Union, or any other country in the West or elsewhere. Everyone knows the following story: when in August 2008, Mikheil Saakashvili issued the criminal order to bomb the city of Tskhinval and the peacekeeper’s positions, including Russian peacekeepers, Russia insisted that the Russia-NATO Council meet to consider the situation. US Secretary of State at the time, Condoleezza Rice, refused flatly, although, according to the Founding Act, which was signed by Russia and NATO when they established the Council, it must be effective in any “weather,” particularly in the case of a crisis. This was one example [in a series of events] that led to the status quo of today in relations between our country and NATO. On October 6, 2021, the NATO Secretariat officially announced NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s decision to withdraw the accreditation of eight members of the Russian Permanent Mission to NATO on November 1, 2021, as well as to reduce the overall number of mission personnel to 10. No reason for this decision has been provided. Ambassador Andrei Kelin gave an interview to Andrew Marr on his BBC programme The Andrew Marr Show. Ambassador Andrei Kelin visited the Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum. We express our utter indignation at the article in ‘The Sun’ claiming that a ‘Russian spy’ was present at the recent Conservative Party Conference. This low-grade scoop is of no surprise though, as we got used to this kind of disinformation being produced by the British media. On 6 October 2021, Ambassador Andrei Kelin visited Coventry to take part in commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Volgograd and Coventry twinning. On 6 October 2021, Ambassador Andrei Kelin visited Coventry to take part in commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Volgograd and Coventry twinning. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 29th Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, Moscow. Today in Geneva, interagency delegations from the United States and the Russian Federation convened for the second meeting of the bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue since President Biden and President Putin committed to an integrated, deliberate, and robust process in June. The United States delegation was led by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, and the Russian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. The discussion was intensive and substantive.
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