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#RussiaASEAN Ministerial in Phnom Penh.
🤝 Foreign Ministers of 11 nations, including Sergey Lavrov are participating.
#RussiaASEAN Ministerial in Phnom Penh.
🤝 Foreign Ministers of 11 nations, including Sergey Lavrov are participating.
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the #RussiaASEAN Post Ministerial Conference
💬 I am pleased to state that despite the current international turbulence, we are expanding the range of our dialogue, enhancing the level of our industry-specific platforms, and deepening trade, economic and humanitarian ties.
I would like to mention separately the implementation of the joint initiatives in science and technology during the current Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
We believe that our entire system of cooperation, including our multilateral and bilateral ties, objectively facilitates the consolidation of the regional architecture for security and sustainable development.
🇷🇺 Russia consistently supports many integration platforms and projects and the pooling of their efforts to promote a unifying, future-oriented agenda.
💬 I am pleased to state that despite the current international turbulence, we are expanding the range of our dialogue, enhancing the level of our industry-specific platforms, and deepening trade, economic and humanitarian ties.
I would like to mention separately the implementation of the joint initiatives in science and technology during the current Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
We believe that our entire system of cooperation, including our multilateral and bilateral ties, objectively facilitates the consolidation of the regional architecture for security and sustainable development.
🇷🇺 Russia consistently supports many integration platforms and projects and the pooling of their efforts to promote a unifying, future-oriented agenda.
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📜 Foreign Ministry statement on the results of the #RussiaASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
✅ The Russia - ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting co-chaired by the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Cambodia showed that the Russia - ASEAN strategic partnership is unaffected by the geopolitical environment.
✅ The ASEAN countries welcomed Russia’s firm support for the Association’s central role in the regional architecture and unity of its states, and the active role of our country in ASEAN-centric mechanisms, including the East Asian Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum on security and the meeting of the ASEAN Defence Ministers and Dialogue Partners.
✅ The participants reaffirmed their plans to hold a second round of Russia-ASEAN consultations of senior security officials and the second dialogue on cybersecurity in the latter half of 2022.
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✅ The Russia - ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting co-chaired by the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Cambodia showed that the Russia - ASEAN strategic partnership is unaffected by the geopolitical environment.
✅ The ASEAN countries welcomed Russia’s firm support for the Association’s central role in the regional architecture and unity of its states, and the active role of our country in ASEAN-centric mechanisms, including the East Asian Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum on security and the meeting of the ASEAN Defence Ministers and Dialogue Partners.
✅ The participants reaffirmed their plans to hold a second round of Russia-ASEAN consultations of senior security officials and the second dialogue on cybersecurity in the latter half of 2022.
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📢 Delighted to announce that the 3rd ASEAN-Russia Consultations of the High Representatives for Security Issues were successfully held in Moscow region on 23 May 2023 on the sidelines of the 11th International Meeting of High Level Officials Responsible for Security Matters.
🔹️This unique ASEAN-Russia platform proved to be an important venue for professional and open dialogue on issues related to regional and global security as well as developing multilateral interaction in combating common challenges and threats.
🔹️ During the meeting Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 reaffirmed Russia's commitment to ASEAN centrality in the region and its will to further deepen cooperation with #ASEAN in all dimensions including security.
🔹️For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the Consultations were conducted in person.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN
🔹️This unique ASEAN-Russia platform proved to be an important venue for professional and open dialogue on issues related to regional and global security as well as developing multilateral interaction in combating common challenges and threats.
🔹️ During the meeting Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 reaffirmed Russia's commitment to ASEAN centrality in the region and its will to further deepen cooperation with #ASEAN in all dimensions including security.
🔹️For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the Consultations were conducted in person.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN
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🎥 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT TV Channel on the sidelines of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (St Petersburg, June 16, 2023)
Key talking points:
🔹 We can no longer rely on the promises and the agreements signed with the West which were presented as a foundation for developing constructive partnership. <...> The West has “lost” Russia at this point of history.
🔹 The dominant trend today is the awareness of the need to regionalise the development processes. This includes the #SCO and, in a wider sense, the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which President Vladimir Putin mentioned at the #RussiaASEAN Summit a few years ago.
🔹 The Anglo-Saxons and their ilk are bringing pressure to bear across the board, including on our closest #CSTO allies. The Gulf Arab countries are not an exception. I would say that the Western methods are boorish. I cannot think of another word.
🔹 Our relations with the Africans and our other partners are not based on money. What we are trying to do is identify projects that meet the interests of both sides.
🔹 #BRICS will expand, with the countries representing major Arab, or Islamic civilisation in a broader sense, joining it. This will strengthen the multipolar principles that we are discussing now and that are objectively taking shape.
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Key talking points:
🔹 We can no longer rely on the promises and the agreements signed with the West which were presented as a foundation for developing constructive partnership. <...> The West has “lost” Russia at this point of history.
🔹 The dominant trend today is the awareness of the need to regionalise the development processes. This includes the #SCO and, in a wider sense, the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which President Vladimir Putin mentioned at the #RussiaASEAN Summit a few years ago.
🔹 The Anglo-Saxons and their ilk are bringing pressure to bear across the board, including on our closest #CSTO allies. The Gulf Arab countries are not an exception. I would say that the Western methods are boorish. I cannot think of another word.
🔹 Our relations with the Africans and our other partners are not based on money. What we are trying to do is identify projects that meet the interests of both sides.
🔹 #BRICS will expand, with the countries representing major Arab, or Islamic civilisation in a broader sense, joining it. This will strengthen the multipolar principles that we are discussing now and that are objectively taking shape.
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🇷🇺🛬 Russian Foreign Minister arrived in Jakarta to take part in regular ministerial meetings related to #ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
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#RussiaASEAN
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🤝 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hold a meeting with Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn.
🪆 Following a good tradition, Sergey Lavrov presented the SG with a portrait matryoshka.
📍 Jakarta, July 12
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📹 by Maria #Zakharova
🪆 Following a good tradition, Sergey Lavrov presented the SG with a portrait matryoshka.
📍 Jakarta, July 12
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📹 by Maria #Zakharova
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🇷🇺🇧🇳🇻🇳🇮🇩🇰🇭🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇲🇸🇬🇹🇭🇵🇭 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in the #RussiaASEAN meeting.
📍 Jakarta, July 13
📍 Jakarta, July 13
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FM Sergey Lavrov surrounded by journalists following #RussiaASEAN meeting in Jakarta 🤝
If this is the "isolation" Western media is daydreaming so much about, then the only one left isolated is the West itself.
FM Sergey Lavrov surrounded by journalists following #RussiaASEAN meeting in Jakarta 🤝
If this is the "isolation" Western media is daydreaming so much about, then the only one left isolated is the West itself.
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🇷🇺🇮🇩 On July 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is attending the events held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN), had a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi.
The Ministers highlighted:
👉 the practical aspects of bilateral cooperation
👉 the creation of security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region
👉 the priorities of cooperation at ASEAN-centric platforms and the further development of the #RussiaASEAN strategic partnership.
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The Ministers highlighted:
👉 the practical aspects of bilateral cooperation
👉 the creation of security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region
👉 the priorities of cooperation at ASEAN-centric platforms and the further development of the #RussiaASEAN strategic partnership.
#RussiaIndonesia
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🗓 On July 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Indonesia to take part in the ministerial events of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN), met with ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.
During the meeting, issues of strengthening cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat in the interests of promoting the #RussiaASEAN strategic partnership were discussed.
The Parties focused on deepening practical cooperation in the high-tech and innovation areas. A discussion took place on the prospects for building up ASEAN contacts with the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Kao Kim Hourn was invited to visit the Russian Federation.
During the meeting, issues of strengthening cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat in the interests of promoting the #RussiaASEAN strategic partnership were discussed.
The Parties focused on deepening practical cooperation in the high-tech and innovation areas. A discussion took place on the prospects for building up ASEAN contacts with the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Kao Kim Hourn was invited to visit the Russian Federation.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at the #RussiaASEAN Ministerial Conference
📍 Jakarta, July 13, 2023
💬 I would like to thank Indonesia as the ASEAN Chair for the wonderful organisation of today’s meeting. I would like to convey special thanks to Cambodia and you, Mr. Co-Chairman, for coordinating the Russia-ASEAN dialogue partnership for the past two years. Next year, these functions will be delegated to our Brunei colleagues, and we will continue to deepen our constructive collaboration with them.
The Russian Federation and ASEAN established relations over 30 years ago. Since 2005, the Russia-ASEAN dialogue has had the official status of a well-developed and comprehensive dialogue. This year, we are marking the fifth anniversary of our strategic partnership. I congratulate everyone present here on this significant date. <...>
Efforts to strengthen and expand diverse cooperation in accordance with guidelines set by leaders at the 2021 summit are our common priority. We have already accomplished a lot. For example, contacts between foreign ministries and national security councils are developing intensively.
<...>
Russia and ASEAN countries are united by a firm commitment to forging a more equitable and democratic multipolar international order based on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interdependence.
We consistently advocate efforts to strengthen an ASEAN-centric system that should remain the foundation of the Asia-Pacific region’s security and sustainable development. We know that not everyone likes this; however, we are guided by objective tasks of maintaining peace and stability in this vast region, rather than by anyone’s preferences.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome a representative of East Timor and to congratulate him on the approval in May 2023 of a roadmap for joining the Association. We hope that this will facilitate the country’s more complete integration into the region’s political and economic life.
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📍 Jakarta, July 13, 2023
💬 I would like to thank Indonesia as the ASEAN Chair for the wonderful organisation of today’s meeting. I would like to convey special thanks to Cambodia and you, Mr. Co-Chairman, for coordinating the Russia-ASEAN dialogue partnership for the past two years. Next year, these functions will be delegated to our Brunei colleagues, and we will continue to deepen our constructive collaboration with them.
The Russian Federation and ASEAN established relations over 30 years ago. Since 2005, the Russia-ASEAN dialogue has had the official status of a well-developed and comprehensive dialogue. This year, we are marking the fifth anniversary of our strategic partnership. I congratulate everyone present here on this significant date. <...>
Efforts to strengthen and expand diverse cooperation in accordance with guidelines set by leaders at the 2021 summit are our common priority. We have already accomplished a lot. For example, contacts between foreign ministries and national security councils are developing intensively.
<...>
Russia and ASEAN countries are united by a firm commitment to forging a more equitable and democratic multipolar international order based on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interdependence.
We consistently advocate efforts to strengthen an ASEAN-centric system that should remain the foundation of the Asia-Pacific region’s security and sustainable development. We know that not everyone likes this; however, we are guided by objective tasks of maintaining peace and stability in this vast region, rather than by anyone’s preferences.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome a representative of East Timor and to congratulate him on the approval in May 2023 of a roadmap for joining the Association. We hope that this will facilitate the country’s more complete integration into the region’s political and economic life.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following the Russia-ASEAN Conference
📍 Jakarta, July 13, 2023
#RussiaASEAN meeting
💬 We have held the annual Ministerial Meeting between Russia and ASEAN Member Countries once again. The meeting involved the Secretary-General of this organisation. We prioritised such aspects as high technologies, digitalisation and smart cities. We had a separate discussion of our collaboration on countering new challenges and threats. Cooperation between #ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU) is another issue.
We are expecting ASEAN representatives at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2023. We have drafted specific plans aiming to expand practical cooperation in various fields and in the interests of all participants.
On #NATO policy in the Asia-Pacific region
💬 It is true that the ASEAN approaches are now going through a serious test because of the desire of the US and its allies to replace the ASEAN-centric security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, which took shape over decades and suited everyone until recently, with their “Indo-Pacific strategies” and NATO expansion in this region.
Japan and South Korea already told that they are willing to deploy American nuclear weapons on their territory or to acquire their own. This is a seriously dangerous trend.
#JCPOA
💬 I am not very optimistic about the prospects of resuming the JCPOA. Another point is that, along with this stalled and withered process, the Iranians and the Americans are engaged in unofficial and direct contact below the radar on normalising their relations by unblocking Iran’s seized foreign reserves in exchange for deciding the fate of certain US citizens who were charged with breaking the law in Iran.
We will only welcome any improvement in these relations. Once again, this has little to do with the JCPOA.
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📍 Jakarta, July 13, 2023
#RussiaASEAN meeting
💬 We have held the annual Ministerial Meeting between Russia and ASEAN Member Countries once again. The meeting involved the Secretary-General of this organisation. We prioritised such aspects as high technologies, digitalisation and smart cities. We had a separate discussion of our collaboration on countering new challenges and threats. Cooperation between #ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU) is another issue.
We are expecting ASEAN representatives at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2023. We have drafted specific plans aiming to expand practical cooperation in various fields and in the interests of all participants.
On #NATO policy in the Asia-Pacific region
💬 It is true that the ASEAN approaches are now going through a serious test because of the desire of the US and its allies to replace the ASEAN-centric security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, which took shape over decades and suited everyone until recently, with their “Indo-Pacific strategies” and NATO expansion in this region.
Japan and South Korea already told that they are willing to deploy American nuclear weapons on their territory or to acquire their own. This is a seriously dangerous trend.
#JCPOA
💬 I am not very optimistic about the prospects of resuming the JCPOA. Another point is that, along with this stalled and withered process, the Iranians and the Americans are engaged in unofficial and direct contact below the radar on normalising their relations by unblocking Iran’s seized foreign reserves in exchange for deciding the fate of certain US citizens who were charged with breaking the law in Iran.
We will only welcome any improvement in these relations. Once again, this has little to do with the JCPOA.
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✈️ On July 12-15, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Indonesia to take part in the annual meetings of Foreign Ministers of #ASEAN countries, and visited Thailand.
On July 12-14, in Indonesia, Sergey Lavrov participated in the meetings of Foreign Ministers in the #RussiaASEAN format, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum on Security.
On the sidelines of the events Sergey Lavrov met with:
🇮🇩 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi,
🇨🇳 Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Wang Yi,
🤝 ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn,
🇱🇦 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith,
🇮🇳 Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
🇱🇰 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry,
🇧🇳 Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.
🇹🇭 On July 15, Sergey Lavrov arrived on a working visit to Thailand where he held negotiations with acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Don Pramudwinai and took part in the opening ceremony of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Phuket.
On July 12-14, in Indonesia, Sergey Lavrov participated in the meetings of Foreign Ministers in the #RussiaASEAN format, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum on Security.
On the sidelines of the events Sergey Lavrov met with:
🇮🇩 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi,
🇨🇳 Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Wang Yi,
🤝 ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn,
🇱🇦 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith,
🇮🇳 Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
🇱🇰 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry,
🇧🇳 Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.
🇹🇭 On July 15, Sergey Lavrov arrived on a working visit to Thailand where he held negotiations with acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Don Pramudwinai and took part in the opening ceremony of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Phuket.
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 On June 10, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format on the sidelines of the #BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod.
During the meeting, the Ministers discussed the state of Russia-Laos strategic partnership, as well as the prospects for further advancement. They focused on the implementation of agreements reached following talks between the Leaders of the two countries in Moscow on May 9.
The discussion also covered regional and global issues of mutual interest, as well as the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership in the context of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s chairmanship of #ASEAN in 2024. Additionally, they exchanged views on interaction within the #SCO and other multilateral formats, including BRICS.
The conversation took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere, which is a traditional feature of Russia-Laos relations.
#RussiaLaos
During the meeting, the Ministers discussed the state of Russia-Laos strategic partnership, as well as the prospects for further advancement. They focused on the implementation of agreements reached following talks between the Leaders of the two countries in Moscow on May 9.
The discussion also covered regional and global issues of mutual interest, as well as the #RussiaASEAN Dialogue Partnership in the context of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s chairmanship of #ASEAN in 2024. Additionally, they exchanged views on interaction within the #SCO and other multilateral formats, including BRICS.
The conversation took place in a friendly and trust-based atmosphere, which is a traditional feature of Russia-Laos relations.
#RussiaLaos