EMBASSY INFORMS
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Distinguished colleagues,
I would like to congratulate everyone on the opening of the first-ever session of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on International Information Security (IIS) and express gratitude to the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and, personally, to Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for its organization.
We congratulate Switzerland on its election as the Group's Chair. This places an important and responsible burden on its shoulders. Switzerland will undoubtedly leave its mark in the history of the United Nations as a country that led the work of the first OEWG. Russia wishes the Chair success in this challenging work and expresses its full readiness to contribute to the effectiveness of the Group's activities.
Talks between President Putin and President Xi Jinping, who came to Russia on a state visit, took place at the Kremlin.
The month of May and the fireworks are now behind us. The country and the world celebrated Victory Day, which is a holiday of war veterans, home front workers, and all the people of Russia and other victorious nations. There was a grand parade on Red Square and a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The march of the Immortal Regiment – a civil initiative that has acquired a truly global dimension – took place again not only in Russia, but in many other countries as well, with the participation of hundreds of thousands of Russians, our compatriots abroad and citizens of other countries – all people who cherish the memory of Victory and the memory of those who worked to bring it closer.
Q: How will you comment on the publication by the Times arguing that Moscow “has rejected calls by President Trump to stop bombing of the Syrian rebel enclave of Idlib”?
A: We regard the publication as another attempt to mislead the readers about Russia’s true intentions in Syria. Our country remains fully committed to agreements on stabilization in Idlib, and to the Turkish-Russian memorandum dated 17 September, 2018. Let me remind you that the memorandum reiterates strong commitment to eradicate terrorists from the Syrian soil. Guided by these principles and in response to aggressive actions by terrorist groups in Idlib, Russia is providing necessary support to the Syrian governmental in order to clean up this area from the armed elements recognised by the international community, including the UK, as terrorist organisations.
Question: In today’s article “The Times” writes about “a Nazi-Soviet deal to carve up Eastern Europe” that Russia “denied for decades”. How can you comment on that?
Answer: We have taken note of the article. Unfortunately, it looks like another example of the false sensationalism not uncommon in the media today. The pact itself was never a mystery to be discovered in 2019. Its existence was acknowledged, and its secret protocols were condemned by the Soviet Union as far back as 1989.
Question: At the press conference with US President Trump, Prime Minister May mentioned the “global response” to Russia’s “use of a deadly nerve agent on the streets of our country” as the prime example of the UK-US “Special Relationship” in action. What is your comment to that?
Answer: It is deplorable that in her statement, started with paying tribute to WWII soldiers, Mrs May once again invoked the false accusations against Russia. As we have stated on numerous occasions, instead of repeating the mantra on Russia’s responsibility, the UK authorities urgently need to provide the public with credible investigation results and return to the path of respecting their international obligations.
15 months have passed since the mysterious incident in Salisbury. Unfortunately, despite our numerous appeals to the British side for transparency of the investigation, access to affected Russian nationals Sergei and Yulia Skripal, substantive cooperation to clear up the circumstances surrounding the incident, no clear answer has been received yet. More than 80 Notes Verbales sent to the Foreign Office and the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation for legal assistance over Russia’s own criminal case have so far been ignored.
We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, reaffirming our commitment to strengthening peace, global and regional security and stability based on the universally recognized norms and principles of international law and our readiness to contribute to broad international efforts to counter global challenges, including proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism, determined that it is necessary to continue efforts aimed at shaping a new architecture of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security based on ensuring equal and indivisible security for all states by enshrining this principle in international law, emphasizing the importance of reducing tensions and enhancing mutual trust, guided by the provisions of the OSCE Platform for Co-operative Security and being confident that the co-operation between international and regional organizations will strengthen international security and stability, call upon the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of NATO to take the following initial joint measures:
We consider claims that Russia may be conducting very low-yield nuclear tests as a crude provocation. This accusation is absolutely groundless and is no more than another attempt to smear Russia’s image.
Regrettably, such attacks through the global media have already become routine. As a rule, they are made when Washington wants to withdraw from yet another international treaty or was exposed of violating it.
Question: How would you comment on the recent article by "The Times", accusing Russia of numerous violations of rights of the Crimean Tatars?
Answer: As the Times authors themselves acknowledge, the so-called persecution of Crimean Tatars is in fact about suppressing the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir of "supression" of "Hizb Ut-Tahrir" members in Russia.
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