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🇷🇺🇺🇳 On December 21, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin and officials from related Russian ministries and companies held a regular round of consultations with a UN delegation via video conference. The delegation included Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
They continued to discuss in detail the issues of carrying out the Istanbul “package” agreements of July 22, including the Black Sea Grain Initiative to facilitate the shipment of Ukrainian grain and the Russia-UN memorandum on normalising domestic food and fertiliser exports.
As for the memorandum, it was noted that the blocking effects of the unilateral sanctions on Russian exports to world markets have remained, which means that bank transaction payments are unavailable, insurance rates are prohibitive and vessels are denied port access. It was noted that without reintroducing our fertiliser and food exports, the problem of affordable prices could lead to a fertiliser and food shortage crisis.
🤝 Regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative, it was reaffirmed that the agreement would be further carried out as approved, including the coordinated parameters and procedures, during the 120-day extension period until March 18, 2023. So far, 580 ships have used the maritime humanitarian corridor to carry over 14.8 million tonnes of grain, mainly forage grain, which accounted for 70 percent of all cargo, to mostly industrial nations – 51 percent of all supplies.
❗️ Both parties emphasised the importance of ensuring the actual and full implementation of the Istanbul “package” agreements for the sake of mitigating the threat to global food security.
They continued to discuss in detail the issues of carrying out the Istanbul “package” agreements of July 22, including the Black Sea Grain Initiative to facilitate the shipment of Ukrainian grain and the Russia-UN memorandum on normalising domestic food and fertiliser exports.
As for the memorandum, it was noted that the blocking effects of the unilateral sanctions on Russian exports to world markets have remained, which means that bank transaction payments are unavailable, insurance rates are prohibitive and vessels are denied port access. It was noted that without reintroducing our fertiliser and food exports, the problem of affordable prices could lead to a fertiliser and food shortage crisis.
🤝 Regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative, it was reaffirmed that the agreement would be further carried out as approved, including the coordinated parameters and procedures, during the 120-day extension period until March 18, 2023. So far, 580 ships have used the maritime humanitarian corridor to carry over 14.8 million tonnes of grain, mainly forage grain, which accounted for 70 percent of all cargo, to mostly industrial nations – 51 percent of all supplies.
❗️ Both parties emphasised the importance of ensuring the actual and full implementation of the Istanbul “package” agreements for the sake of mitigating the threat to global food security.
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🎙 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Japan's newly revised security and defence doctrines 🇯🇵
💬 We noted that Japan passed revisions to three key security documents, including its National Security Strategy, National Defence Strategy and Defence Programme on December 16 of this year..
👉 The content of these doctrines clearly demonstrates that Tokyo has embarked on the path of an unprecedented build-up of its military power, including strike potential.
Clearly, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government is thus rejecting the country’s peaceful development, something that previous generations of politicians persistently championed, and is returning to unlimited militarisation, which will inevitably provoke new security challenges and exacerbate tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
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💬 We noted that Japan passed revisions to three key security documents, including its National Security Strategy, National Defence Strategy and Defence Programme on December 16 of this year..
👉 The content of these doctrines clearly demonstrates that Tokyo has embarked on the path of an unprecedented build-up of its military power, including strike potential.
Clearly, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government is thus rejecting the country’s peaceful development, something that previous generations of politicians persistently championed, and is returning to unlimited militarisation, which will inevitably provoke new security challenges and exacerbate tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
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⚡️ On certain aspects of implementing the Istanbul agreements on food and fertiliser
When the so-called Black Sea Initiative to export Ukrainian grain from the ports of Odessa, Yuzhny and Chernomorsk expired on November 18, Russia did not object to a technical extension of 120 days, until March 18, 2023.
⚠️ At the same time, we see that the Black Sea Initiative still suffers from serious imbalances in its implementation both in terms of the geography of those who receive Ukrainian food exports, as well as the products it exports. These shipments were presented as part of a humanitarian undertaking, while mostly going to high-income countries. Poorer countries have received 3 percent of these shipments at best.
Still, we continue facing criticism of underperforming under this agreement.
✍️ It is worth recalling that Russia has been executing the agreements in good faith ever since it signed them in Istanbul on July 22. Launched on July 26, the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) formed by Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations engages in practical efforts to facilitate Ukrainian bulk food exports.
Russian representatives have been acting in strict compliance with the JCC rules of procedure and regulations as agreed and approved.
☝️ We have yet to see any tangible progress in carrying out the Russia-UN Memorandum for normalising exports of Russian agricultural products. Despite the exemptions for food and fertiliser announced by the West, Russian producers and suppliers continue to be plagued by blocked bank transfers, prohibitive insurance rates and restricted port access.
Even the initiative to send Russia’s fertiliser to the poorest countries free of charge has been stalled.
❗️ These are only some of the telling examples that demonstrate who is not only failing to ensure global food security, but also who is seeking to profit from the needs of African, Asian, and Latin American countries, including regarding fertilisers, while pursuing a neo-colonial, narrow-minded agenda.
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When the so-called Black Sea Initiative to export Ukrainian grain from the ports of Odessa, Yuzhny and Chernomorsk expired on November 18, Russia did not object to a technical extension of 120 days, until March 18, 2023.
⚠️ At the same time, we see that the Black Sea Initiative still suffers from serious imbalances in its implementation both in terms of the geography of those who receive Ukrainian food exports, as well as the products it exports. These shipments were presented as part of a humanitarian undertaking, while mostly going to high-income countries. Poorer countries have received 3 percent of these shipments at best.
Still, we continue facing criticism of underperforming under this agreement.
✍️ It is worth recalling that Russia has been executing the agreements in good faith ever since it signed them in Istanbul on July 22. Launched on July 26, the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) formed by Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations engages in practical efforts to facilitate Ukrainian bulk food exports.
Russian representatives have been acting in strict compliance with the JCC rules of procedure and regulations as agreed and approved.
☝️ We have yet to see any tangible progress in carrying out the Russia-UN Memorandum for normalising exports of Russian agricultural products. Despite the exemptions for food and fertiliser announced by the West, Russian producers and suppliers continue to be plagued by blocked bank transfers, prohibitive insurance rates and restricted port access.
Even the initiative to send Russia’s fertiliser to the poorest countries free of charge has been stalled.
❗️ These are only some of the telling examples that demonstrate who is not only failing to ensure global food security, but also who is seeking to profit from the needs of African, Asian, and Latin American countries, including regarding fertilisers, while pursuing a neo-colonial, narrow-minded agenda.
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On certain aspects of implementing the Istanbul agreements on food and fertiliser
When the so-called Black Sea Initiative to export Ukrainian grain from the ports of Odessa, Yuzhny and Chernomorsk expired on November 18, Russia, it must be recalled, did not object to a technical extension of 120 days, until March 18, 2023. This was a difficult…
💬 #LAVROV: We are successfully developing relations with a whole range of countries and regional organisations in Africa, Asia (in particular, ASEAN) and Latin America. The overwhelming majority of the countries, obviously, does not support the attempts we have seen in the past years to secure the dominance of the United States and its Western allies on the international arena through force, illegitimate sanctions, ultimatums, blackmail and threats. Nobody likes it.
🔹 I believe that the historical process has already handed down the verdict. Yes, it will be a long historical era of establishing genuine multi-polarity. The West will put up serious resistance. We can already see it.
🔹 Our Western colleagues are demanding that the developing countries across all continents join the anti-Russia sanctions and break off contacts with Russia. These attempts are futile. Aside from votes in a number of international organisations, achieved by dishonest means, these vain attempts of our Western colleagues have not been able to take any tangible shape.
🔹 From now on, we will proceed from this realisation as we build our foreign policy, relying only on the partnerships that have proven to be with people who are capable of negotiating, keeping their word and not trying to benefit from infringing on the interests of others.
🔹 Our motto is the balance of interests. This balance is the core of our foreign policy. It is the only approach that has prospects in international affairs.
🔹 I believe that the historical process has already handed down the verdict. Yes, it will be a long historical era of establishing genuine multi-polarity. The West will put up serious resistance. We can already see it.
🔹 Our Western colleagues are demanding that the developing countries across all continents join the anti-Russia sanctions and break off contacts with Russia. These attempts are futile. Aside from votes in a number of international organisations, achieved by dishonest means, these vain attempts of our Western colleagues have not been able to take any tangible shape.
🔹 From now on, we will proceed from this realisation as we build our foreign policy, relying only on the partnerships that have proven to be with people who are capable of negotiating, keeping their word and not trying to benefit from infringing on the interests of others.
🔹 Our motto is the balance of interests. This balance is the core of our foreign policy. It is the only approach that has prospects in international affairs.
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✍️ The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order on special economic measures in the fuel-and-energy sector in response to the price cap established on Russian oil and oil products by some foreign states.
⚠️ The Executive Order has established that in connection with the ban imposed by the United States, and other foreign countries that sided with them, on the transport of Russian oil and oil products and related services, which is applied if the price of Russian oil and oil products is above the limit established by said foreign states (price limit mechanism), Russia bans the sale of oil and oil products to foreign companies and individuals if the contracts on these sales include the use of this mechanism directly or indirectly. The established ban applies to all stages of sales up to and including the final buyer.
The ban on Russian oil sales established by the current Executive Order becomes valid on the day of its entry into force. Russian oil and oil product sales, that are banned by the Executive Order, may be carried out under a special decision of the President of the Russian Federation.
⚠️ The Executive Order has established that in connection with the ban imposed by the United States, and other foreign countries that sided with them, on the transport of Russian oil and oil products and related services, which is applied if the price of Russian oil and oil products is above the limit established by said foreign states (price limit mechanism), Russia bans the sale of oil and oil products to foreign companies and individuals if the contracts on these sales include the use of this mechanism directly or indirectly. The established ban applies to all stages of sales up to and including the final buyer.
The ban on Russian oil sales established by the current Executive Order becomes valid on the day of its entry into force. Russian oil and oil product sales, that are banned by the Executive Order, may be carried out under a special decision of the President of the Russian Federation.
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⚡️Main Foreign Policy Outcomes of 2022⚡️
The year 2022 saw history-making events, such as the emergence of a new international reality, and became a turning point for Russia’s foreign policy.
👉 The recognition of the Donetsk & Lugansk People’s Republics, the start of the Special Military Operation in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the referendums held in the DPR & LPR and the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye & Kherson regions and their subsequent integration into Russia – these events will forever go down in the history of Russia.
They put an end to 30 years of Russia’s honest attempts to develop equitable relations with the collective West.
✍️ Russia & other like-minded countries adopted a political declaration in support of the inviolability of the UN Charter.
✍️ An overwhelming majority of states members of the UN GA approved the annual Russia-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
✍️ At Russia’s initiative, the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the 5 Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War & Avoiding Arms Races was adopted in January 2022.
✅ International cooperation within the framework of the #EAEU, #SCO & #BRICS made rapid headway.
✅ Allied relations with Belarus continued to grow stronger.
✅ Several major initiatives have been implemented within the framework of the #CIS aimed at strengthening integration ties in all spheres of the organisation’s activities.
✅ The mechanisms of the #CSTO operated efficiently.
Russian diplomats have significantly stepped up efforts to achieve the peaceful settlement of international conflicts. Russia extensively supported stabilising the situation in Afghanistan. Russia has promoted a complex approach to the Syrian dossier, including within the Astana format. We have promoted comprehensive normalisation of the relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
We have successfully developed ties with our many international partners who are interested in maintaining a constructive dialogue with Russia.
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The year 2022 saw history-making events, such as the emergence of a new international reality, and became a turning point for Russia’s foreign policy.
👉 The recognition of the Donetsk & Lugansk People’s Republics, the start of the Special Military Operation in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the referendums held in the DPR & LPR and the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye & Kherson regions and their subsequent integration into Russia – these events will forever go down in the history of Russia.
They put an end to 30 years of Russia’s honest attempts to develop equitable relations with the collective West.
✍️ Russia & other like-minded countries adopted a political declaration in support of the inviolability of the UN Charter.
✍️ An overwhelming majority of states members of the UN GA approved the annual Russia-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
✍️ At Russia’s initiative, the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the 5 Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War & Avoiding Arms Races was adopted in January 2022.
✅ International cooperation within the framework of the #EAEU, #SCO & #BRICS made rapid headway.
✅ Allied relations with Belarus continued to grow stronger.
✅ Several major initiatives have been implemented within the framework of the #CIS aimed at strengthening integration ties in all spheres of the organisation’s activities.
✅ The mechanisms of the #CSTO operated efficiently.
Russian diplomats have significantly stepped up efforts to achieve the peaceful settlement of international conflicts. Russia extensively supported stabilising the situation in Afghanistan. Russia has promoted a complex approach to the Syrian dossier, including within the Astana format. We have promoted comprehensive normalisation of the relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
We have successfully developed ties with our many international partners who are interested in maintaining a constructive dialogue with Russia.
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✅️ Within the framework of ASEAN, the East Asia Summit and APEC, we raised issues of strengthening the multi-polar world order, building practical cooperation between the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region and countering growing threats to the region’s stable development. In the Middle East, we continued to develop a strategic dialogue between Russia and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and between Russia and the League of Arab States.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova on Russia's contribution to strengthening humanitarian cooperation in public health
💬 Russia is strengthening humanitarian cooperation in sanitary and epidemiological well-being, infection prevention and control with dozens of countries in Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Southeast Asia.
We provide our partners with logistic, scientific and practical assistance in preventing and responding to epidemics, we help train personnel in partner countries, and we develop and implement joint scientific research programmes.
We trained specialists from #ASEAN countries in modern methods of infectious diseases diagnosis and prevention in Vladivostok. About 100 ASEAN specialists attended the courses in March, May and November.
We continue to work actively with our colleagues to combat coronavirus. Let me remind you that Sputnik V was the world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. Our vaccine has been approved in more than 70 countries worldwide. We continue to work towards eradicating this pandemic. Russia has hosted regular conferences on COVID-19 and on combating antibiotic resistance, each attended by over 200 participants from dozens of countries, including the EAEU, the CIS, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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💬 Russia is strengthening humanitarian cooperation in sanitary and epidemiological well-being, infection prevention and control with dozens of countries in Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Southeast Asia.
We provide our partners with logistic, scientific and practical assistance in preventing and responding to epidemics, we help train personnel in partner countries, and we develop and implement joint scientific research programmes.
We trained specialists from #ASEAN countries in modern methods of infectious diseases diagnosis and prevention in Vladivostok. About 100 ASEAN specialists attended the courses in March, May and November.
We continue to work actively with our colleagues to combat coronavirus. Let me remind you that Sputnik V was the world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. Our vaccine has been approved in more than 70 countries worldwide. We continue to work towards eradicating this pandemic. Russia has hosted regular conferences on COVID-19 and on combating antibiotic resistance, each attended by over 200 participants from dozens of countries, including the EAEU, the CIS, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1846048/
Warmest wishes to our collegues from #Myanmar Permanent Mission to #ASEAN and all the people of Myanmar 🇲🇲 on the occasion of the country's 75th Independence Day.
#MyanmarIndependenceDay
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#MyanmarIndependenceDay
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🇷🇺🇨🇳📞 On January 9, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the phone with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang.
The Russian Minister congratulated his Chinese colleague on his recent appointment and wished him success in this responsible position.
The two officials discussed topical matters on the bilateral, global and regional agendas. They rejected the policy of the United States and its satellites to establish a hegemony in global affairs, which prompts the West to provoke confrontation with Russia and China, interfere in their domestic affairs, and attempts to constrain the development of the two countries through sanctions and other illegitimate methods.
The ministers went on to state that Moscow and Beijing were united in their approaches to fundamental matters on the global development agenda. They gave a positive assessment of the constructive dialogue and high level of bilateral coordination in the United Nations, BRICS, the SCO, within the Group of Twenty, as well as at ASEAN cooperation platforms and other formats, with all these efforts fully in line with the trust-based partnership between the two countries.
Sergey Lavrov invited Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang to visit Russia at a convenient time.
#RussiaChina
The Russian Minister congratulated his Chinese colleague on his recent appointment and wished him success in this responsible position.
The two officials discussed topical matters on the bilateral, global and regional agendas. They rejected the policy of the United States and its satellites to establish a hegemony in global affairs, which prompts the West to provoke confrontation with Russia and China, interfere in their domestic affairs, and attempts to constrain the development of the two countries through sanctions and other illegitimate methods.
The ministers went on to state that Moscow and Beijing were united in their approaches to fundamental matters on the global development agenda. They gave a positive assessment of the constructive dialogue and high level of bilateral coordination in the United Nations, BRICS, the SCO, within the Group of Twenty, as well as at ASEAN cooperation platforms and other formats, with all these efforts fully in line with the trust-based partnership between the two countries.
Sergey Lavrov invited Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang to visit Russia at a convenient time.
#RussiaChina
🎙Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko’s interview to Izvestiya news agency (excerpt):
Question: The term "Russia's pivot to the East" appeared many years ago, but it was the last year that showed that "the pivot to the East" is not a matter of choice, but a necessity. What specific steps have been taken by Russia to strengthen ties with our Eastern partners?
Answer: From the Foreign Ministry's point of view, we see no reason to say that it is the "pivot to the East." Our country has always been and remains an integral part of Asia. We are consistently working to ensure our interests in this part of the world.
Cooperation with the countries of the region is developing in a wide range of areas. These are trade, economic and investment ties, joint infrastructure projects, interaction in the field of energy and food supplies.
Russian experience in countering new challenges and threats, including fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, and transnational crime is in demand by our Asian partners. Russia is also a high foreign policy priority for the regional states in terms of strengthening their defense potentials.
Humanitarian aspects - educational exchanges, tourism, healthcare are top of the Russian-Asian cooperation agenda. The established healthcare interaction was widely used during the pandemic, but relevant work has been going on for many years in the interest of joining forces to counter the spread of infectious diseases.
We have always advocated and continue to advocate for the preservation and strengthening of regional cultural diversity, the unique traditional way of life and identity of the peoples of Asia.
We are building up cooperation through the multilateral mechanisms operating here. The backbone element of the regional architecture is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Relations with #ASEAN are in their fourth decade, and next year it will be 5 years since they reached the level of strategic partnership. Russia is an active participant of such ASEAN-led formats as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus.
Thanks to this determined work with the region, the necessary basis has been created, which makes it possible to further build up our multifaceted ties in Asia. This applies primarily to the business sector, which is now being actively reoriented from the Western direction.
"Pivot to the East" is not a forced move or, as you say, the need to actively work in Asia that has arisen since 2022. The fact is that until recently mass media paid less attention to the Asian track of our foreign policy compared to the Western one.
Question: What other significant "footholds" does Russia have in the vast region of Asia besides China?
Answer: One of the important regions for us is the Southeast Asia, where we interact both with countries on a bilateral basis and with #ASEAN as a whole. We are developing multifaceted cooperation with India. Broad cooperation programs are being implemented with Mongolia, including in a trilateral format with China.
We are strengthening ties with the countries of the Indian Ocean region, particularly since Russia acquired the status of a dialogue partner of such a large regional platform as IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) last year.
And of course, the key and even systemic driver of growth is the expanding and consolidating cooperation space of the #SCO.
Question: The term "Russia's pivot to the East" appeared many years ago, but it was the last year that showed that "the pivot to the East" is not a matter of choice, but a necessity. What specific steps have been taken by Russia to strengthen ties with our Eastern partners?
Answer: From the Foreign Ministry's point of view, we see no reason to say that it is the "pivot to the East." Our country has always been and remains an integral part of Asia. We are consistently working to ensure our interests in this part of the world.
Cooperation with the countries of the region is developing in a wide range of areas. These are trade, economic and investment ties, joint infrastructure projects, interaction in the field of energy and food supplies.
Russian experience in countering new challenges and threats, including fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, and transnational crime is in demand by our Asian partners. Russia is also a high foreign policy priority for the regional states in terms of strengthening their defense potentials.
Humanitarian aspects - educational exchanges, tourism, healthcare are top of the Russian-Asian cooperation agenda. The established healthcare interaction was widely used during the pandemic, but relevant work has been going on for many years in the interest of joining forces to counter the spread of infectious diseases.
We have always advocated and continue to advocate for the preservation and strengthening of regional cultural diversity, the unique traditional way of life and identity of the peoples of Asia.
We are building up cooperation through the multilateral mechanisms operating here. The backbone element of the regional architecture is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Relations with #ASEAN are in their fourth decade, and next year it will be 5 years since they reached the level of strategic partnership. Russia is an active participant of such ASEAN-led formats as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus.
Thanks to this determined work with the region, the necessary basis has been created, which makes it possible to further build up our multifaceted ties in Asia. This applies primarily to the business sector, which is now being actively reoriented from the Western direction.
"Pivot to the East" is not a forced move or, as you say, the need to actively work in Asia that has arisen since 2022. The fact is that until recently mass media paid less attention to the Asian track of our foreign policy compared to the Western one.
Question: What other significant "footholds" does Russia have in the vast region of Asia besides China?
Answer: One of the important regions for us is the Southeast Asia, where we interact both with countries on a bilateral basis and with #ASEAN as a whole. We are developing multifaceted cooperation with India. Broad cooperation programs are being implemented with Mongolia, including in a trilateral format with China.
We are strengthening ties with the countries of the Indian Ocean region, particularly since Russia acquired the status of a dialogue partner of such a large regional platform as IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) last year.
And of course, the key and even systemic driver of growth is the expanding and consolidating cooperation space of the #SCO.
Question: It's no secret that from the very beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the United States and its Western allies actively pushed the political leadership in different regions of the world to condemn Russia and join anti-Russian sanctions. But many states chose to remain neutral. Do you think that they will continue their attempts to bring Asian countries to the anti-Russian camp this year? And what can Moscow oppose to this?
Answer: The main political and economic nightmare for the West as part of its strategic anti-Russian line - regardless of whether it is implemented against the background of the special military operation or comes from other deep motives - is our dynamically developing relationship with Asia.
Russia's opponents didn't succeed in hampering our cooperation with Asian partners in the region in the past and likewise the year 2022, which sorted things out in terms of world politics and economics, including in the context of determining the contours of the future world order, clearly showed that the world is different now and unwilling to follow the "rules of the game" imposed by the West. Positively-minded countries are in no hurry to sign up for new closed "coalitions of like-minded", to throw resources into block schemes, to fuel the geopolitical and geo-economic ambitions of Washington and its allies. These processes are brewed in an intra-Western "cauldron". Let them stay there.
The priorities of the Asian countries, and we clearly see this, are others - co-development, the collective struggle against new challenges and threats, the well-being and prosperity of peoples, rather than geopolitical rivalry, the redistribution of markets and relocation of production and logistics chains for their own needs.
Western politicians and diplomats travel around the region, persuading our partners to wrap up cooperation programs with Russia, while the countries of the Middle East and South Asia, figuratively speaking, line up to join the #SCO. Clearly and unambiguously make it clear that they are interested in working in a non-toxic space of international cooperation.
We see the prospects for expansion of the #BRICS external relations. Not a single area of our cooperation with #ASEAN has slowed down. Moreover, 2022 has been designated the ASEAN-Russia Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation. We develop contacts in the spheres of economy, energy, security, education, tourism, healthcare, and volunteering. These topics are relevant and clear for everyone.
Therefore, we do not need to oppose anything to anyone.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN #ASEAN #SCO #BRICS
Answer: The main political and economic nightmare for the West as part of its strategic anti-Russian line - regardless of whether it is implemented against the background of the special military operation or comes from other deep motives - is our dynamically developing relationship with Asia.
Russia's opponents didn't succeed in hampering our cooperation with Asian partners in the region in the past and likewise the year 2022, which sorted things out in terms of world politics and economics, including in the context of determining the contours of the future world order, clearly showed that the world is different now and unwilling to follow the "rules of the game" imposed by the West. Positively-minded countries are in no hurry to sign up for new closed "coalitions of like-minded", to throw resources into block schemes, to fuel the geopolitical and geo-economic ambitions of Washington and its allies. These processes are brewed in an intra-Western "cauldron". Let them stay there.
The priorities of the Asian countries, and we clearly see this, are others - co-development, the collective struggle against new challenges and threats, the well-being and prosperity of peoples, rather than geopolitical rivalry, the redistribution of markets and relocation of production and logistics chains for their own needs.
Western politicians and diplomats travel around the region, persuading our partners to wrap up cooperation programs with Russia, while the countries of the Middle East and South Asia, figuratively speaking, line up to join the #SCO. Clearly and unambiguously make it clear that they are interested in working in a non-toxic space of international cooperation.
We see the prospects for expansion of the #BRICS external relations. Not a single area of our cooperation with #ASEAN has slowed down. Moreover, 2022 has been designated the ASEAN-Russia Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation. We develop contacts in the spheres of economy, energy, security, education, tourism, healthcare, and volunteering. These topics are relevant and clear for everyone.
Therefore, we do not need to oppose anything to anyone.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN #ASEAN #SCO #BRICS
Our heartiest congratulations to H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn for the appointment as the 15th Secretary-General of #ASEAN.
Looking forward to close cooperation in the future.🤝
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
Looking forward to close cooperation in the future.🤝
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
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What Russia was like in 1903
The 290th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, the 200th anniversary of Petersburg’s foundation and Leo Tolstoy’s 75th birthday… Seems the year 1903 was rich in events.
And thanks to the rapid development of photography, we are lucky enough to have a look at how the country looked 120 years ago.
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The 290th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, the 200th anniversary of Petersburg’s foundation and Leo Tolstoy’s 75th birthday… Seems the year 1903 was rich in events.
And thanks to the rapid development of photography, we are lucky enough to have a look at how the country looked 120 years ago.
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What Russia was like in 1903 (PHOTOS)
Let’s take a look at the absolutely stunning photos depicting the country that no longer exists - the life of the tsar, peasants, horse traffic and...
We wish to extend our sincere congratulations to H.E. Hjayceelyn M. Quintana 🇵🇭 and H.E. Mr. Heng Sarith 🇰🇭 on officially assuming their duties as Permanent Representatives to #ASEAN!
Warm welcome to you 🤝
Warm welcome to you 🤝