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Официальный канал Посольства Российской Федерации в Республике Филиппины

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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the Russia-ASEAN conference and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Vientiane, July 27 2024)

💬 We have been working in the capital of Laos for two days. This year, this country chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN).

The annual #RussiaASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting took place on July 26, 2024. During the meeting, we reviewed our cooperation in all aspects in a trust-based, specific and business-like manner, and went on to adopt a Joint Statement on the 20th Anniversary of Russia’s accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (the Bali Treaty).

The Joint Statement sets forth the principles of equality, mutual benefit, taking into consideration each other’s interests and achieving a balance of interests. We expressed our shared view that these principles remain fully valid and relevant, especially today, considering the attempts to introduce a bloc-based mindset in the Asia-Pacific Region and create all kinds of exclusive mechanisms there, while also enabling NATO with its infrastructure to gain a foothold in this region. This runs counter to the objective of reinforcing an ASEAN-centric security architecture. Shaped by decades of continuous efforts, it meets the interests of all participants.

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We carried out a performance review under the Comprehensive Plan of Action to Implement the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Russian Federation Strategic Partnership in 2021-2025.

🌐 The coordination of documents on digital transformation is nearing completion. In 2024, Russia has become ASEAN’s digital partner. And the drafting of joint documents on countering terrorism and the safe use of information and communications technology is in its final stage. These domains are of utmost importance. In fact, it was largely Russia that initiated these joint plans with ASEAN to work on this agenda.

The East Asia Summit (#EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF) are scheduled to take place today at the foreign ministers’ level. These two formats offer an opportunity to emphasise the contrasts between the trends that have been taking shape within the ASEAN-centric architecture over the past decades, with the developments the West is trying to introduce in this region by seeking to accelerate its militarisation, setting up restricted military and political blocs, deploying new weapons and escalating confrontation in general.

☝️ The ASEAN-centric architecture implies an inclusive vision. The EAS and the ARF bring together ASEAN and its major partners, such as China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and Western countries. On the other hand, the West promotes cooperation formats which are less inclusive with a clear objective of containing China and Russia.

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🇷🇺🇮🇩 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with President-elect and Defence Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, who has come to Russia on a working visit.

💬 Vladimir Putin: We know you as a good friend of our country. You are not only respected in Indonesia as a prominent military leader but also as a political figure. You have held the post of defence minister for many years. I know that you have developed very good relations with your Russian colleagues.

🤝 Russia and Indonesia share a long-standing friendship that began decades ago. Next year, we will mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between our countries.

📈 I would like to note that our trade and economic ties have been developing very well recently. Despite the pandemic and the current developments around Russia, including associated restrictions, our trade has been growing. It has doubled over the past years. This is a very positive trend, which makes us happy. I hope that it will persist.

We also hope that the draft agreement on the EAEU-Indonesia free trade zone, which is ready for signing, will play a positive and substantial role in the development of our trade and economic ties. <...>

We are ready to further increase agricultural deliveries and implement investment projects in energy, transport and infrastructure. It is the responsibility of our intergovernmental commission. <...>.

We also continue to cooperate in the humanitarian sphere. As per tradition, Indonesian students receive education in Russia, including on scholarships funded by the Russian budget, and we are ready to continue doing this. The Russian Centre for Science and Culture is operating in Jakarta. We would like to express our gratitude for supporting its work.

🌐 Last but not least, we also coordinate our positions on the international stage, including and primarily within #ASEAN.

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📣The first batch of students of the joint project under the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership Financial Fund “Expanding Business Contacts between Russia and ASEAN Countries’ Tourism Enterprises through Russian Language Training and Experience Exchange” has completed their study tour in Russia 🇷🇺.

🔹️The group represented Brunei 🇧🇳, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Cambodia 🇰🇭, Myanmar 🇲🇲 and Singapore 🇸🇬.

🔹️The training included not only full-time study of the Russian language, but also provided the participants with the opportunity to learn Russian culture, history and cuisine as well as to meet leading Russian tour operators and hoteliers to exchange best practices in receiving tourists.

✈️🎫 The second batch of participants from the #ASEAN Member States representing Vietnam 🇻🇳, Thailand 🇹🇭, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and the Philippines 🇵🇭 has already arrived in Moscow and started their studies.
#ASEAN turns 5️⃣7️⃣!

🎉 We extend our sincere greetings to ASEAN partners and friends, wishing them prosperity and well-being for the years to come!

🤝 Russia 🇷🇺 is committed to further enhancing multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN in various fields and will continue to contribute to promoting prosperity of the people of the region.

Happy ASEAN Day! 🥳

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🗓 Every year on August 8, the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) mark ASEAN Day. This date was approved by the ASEAN Standing Committee at its annual meeting in May 2005.

🌏 ASEAN was founded in Bangkok on August 8, 1967, by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines, which signed the so-called Bangkok Declaration. Later, this regional organisation was joined by Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995), Laos and Myanmar (1997), and Cambodia (1999).

ASEAN is one of the most successful regional organisations. It has a broad network of various intergovernmental associations involving Russia and other leading world powers: the East Asia Summit (#EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF), and ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (#ADMMPlus).

☝️ Promoting ties with ASEAN is Russia’s key foreign policy priority in Asia. The Russian Permanent Mission to ASEAN has been based in Jakarta since 2017. In 2018, Russia-ASEAN relations reached the level of strategic partnership, resulting in closer coordination on current global and regional issues with the ten member countries at leading multilateral venues, including the UN.

🤝 On July 26 and 27, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended annual ministerial events held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Vientiane. He took part in Foreign Ministers’ meetings in the Russia-ASEAN format, as well as within the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum.

💬 President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-ASEAN Summit (October 28, 2021): "Strengthening ties with ASEAN and its member states has always been and remains one of Russia's foreign policy priorities. <...> I would like to point out that the positions of Russia and the ASEAN states on key global and regional matters are similar in many respects. Most importantly, we all support the expansion of equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in the vast Asia-Pacific space."

#RussiaASEAN
🗓 On August 27, Russian Ambassador to ASEAN H.E. Evgeny Zagaynov 🇷🇺 took part in the Ad Hoc Working Group's Interface with Dialogue Partners of #ASEAN at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta 🇮🇩.

🔹️Ambassador highlighted Russia's contribution to further strengthening the ASEAN Socio Cultural Community and shared thoughts on the development of the ASCC Post-2025 Strategic Plan.
🗓On September 4, the annual ASEAN-Russia Business Dialogue was held on the sidelines of the 9th Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF) in Vladivostok 🇷🇺.

🔹️Russia attaches priority significance to cooperation with #ASEAN taking into account the rapidly growing and multifaceted potential of the Asia-Pacific region.

🔹️Among the priorities are: ensuring food and energy security, environmental protection, digitalization of economy, development of smart cities and cooperation in science and education.

🤝Russia’s Far Eastern regions have major competitive advantages in a wide range of industries and, by virtue of their geographical location, are able to convert the existing close cooperation with the Southeast Asian countries into tangible economic, scientific and educational results.

🚩The Eastern Economic Forum is a key international platform for establishing and strengthening ties within the Russian and global investment communities, and for comprehensive expert evaluation of the economic potential of the Russian Far East, the investment opportunities it offers, and business conditions within advanced special economic zones.
🗓 On September 4, the #ASEAN-China-Russia Young Diplomats Roundtable was held within the framework of the V Dialogue of Young Diplomats of the Asia-Pacific on the sidelines of the IX Eastern Economic Forum (#EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia 🇷🇺.

🔹️Members of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of the MFAs and diplomatic missions of China 🇨🇳, Vietnam 🇻🇳, Myanmar 🇲🇲, Singapore 🇸🇬 and the Philippines 🇵🇭 shared their views on the current state and the prospects of multilateral youth cooperation in Asia in the context of the emergence of a new multipolar world order.

🔹️The participants expressed their interest in consolidating efforts to support young people, increasing their involvement in socially significant projects in the field of education, advanced technologies, culture and sports, as well as building connections among business circles and volunteer associations.

“Youth is our most important resource. How successfully the potential of the new generation will be realized depends on our common efforts,”
the young diplomats emphasized at the end of the meeting.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS)

📍 Vientiane, October 11, 2024

💬 Sergey Lavrov: We have completed our meetings as part of the 19th East Asia Summit. President of Russia Vladimir Putin instructed me to represent him at this event.

The discussions evidenced that our Western colleagues, who are #ASEAN partners <…> have been seeking to undermine the multilateral economic and security architecture which has evolved over decades with ASEAN at its core and which has proven its relevance and effectiveness.

However, it is obvious today that the United States and its allies decided to draw the Asia-Pacific Region into NATO’s sphere of interests by creating all these narrow and exclusive US-led military and political associations. <...>

☝️ We have highlighted that this Western policy may lead to the region’s militarisation, while also threatening stability and sustainable development in the Asian part of our shared continent.

Russia reaffirmed its unwavering support for ASEAN countries in their efforts to preserve peace and ensure equal cooperation with all ASEAN partners.

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👉 Instead of using the events held as part of the East Asia Summit for pursuing vested political interests, Russia opted for promoting initiatives in several domains, including pandemic response, people-to-people contacts, including tourism, and supporting volunteering. We offer practical avenues for working together which can benefit all the participants and advocate equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. <...>

The Association hosted the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as its guest at the East Asia Summit for the third time. He put forward a proposal to promote closer contacts between the SCO and ASEAN in various spheres that are relevant for the countries involved. <...>

We welcomed the fact that several ASEAN countries want to forge closer ties with #BRICS. Today, this structure acts as one of the cornerstones of a multipolar world order. In just a few days, Kazan will be hosting the BRICS Summit, which will be a major international event. Several ASEAN countries were invited to attend it, and they accepted these invitations.

Excerpts from responses to media questions. Key talking points:

• The final declaration has not been adopted because of the persistent attempts by the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to turn it into a purely political statement, contrary to the decades-long practice of East Asia summits, which boils down to preventing the saturation of declarations with confrontational geopolitical narratives.

• When the United States and its allies unanimously reaffirmed their commitment to ASEAN’s central role in facilitating cooperation in the region today, they were being dishonest. Everything they do is aimed at containing Russia and China. Everything that has been accomplished in the ASEAN-centric format over decades is being sacrificed to this goal now. That format was convenient for everyone and incorporated the interests of each and every stakeholder. So, the destructive nature of Washington’s actions in the region is obvious.

We are seriously concerned about re-militarisation of Japan. Having forgotten the lessons of WWII, the Japanese authorities have stated increasing defence spending and augmenting its basic doctrines with a pre-emptive strike capability.

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🇷🇺🇱🇦 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith held a meeting on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 24, 2024)

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, Once again, I warmly welcome you all and would like to thank you, above all, for your participation in the #BRICS Summit.

We assume that our group is a prototype of multipolarity, a structure that consolidates the Global South and East.

I appreciate your comprehensive remarks. I have warm memories of our meeting in May, when you visited Moscow to participate in the celebrations marking the 79th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. We will be glad to see you in Moscow at the celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of Victory next year. #Victory80

🤝 Our relations are of a mutually beneficial nature and have already reached the level of strategic partnership. This March we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Treaty on Amity, and next year we will celebrate the 65th Anniversary of our diplomatic relations.

The absolute volumes of trade are still modest, but the trend is nevertheless very good, and it is increasing many times over.

We have close positions on most international issues. It is very important that the Lao chairmanship of the #ASEAN promotes its cooperation with Russia, and we are very grateful to you for that.

We are very pleased with your visit, Mr President, and I thank you once again.

#RussiaLaos
🗓 On October 25, Sochi (Russia) hosted the 4th #ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT Security-Related Issues in a hybrid format under the co-chairmanship of Russia 🇷🇺 and Myanmar 🇲🇲.

🔹️The meeting reiterated the willingness of Russia and ASEAN Member States to promote interagency cooperation in finding effective solutions of issues related to the ICT security.

🔹️Particular attention was paid to the issues of combating the use of ICT for criminal purposes, capacity building through personnel training, exchanging experience, strengthening technical equipment and improving software and hardware.

🔹️The participants showed their readiness to facilitate unanimous adoption of the "UN Convention against cybercrime; Strengthening international cooperation for combating certain crimes committed by means of information and communications technology systems and for the sharing of evidence in electronic form of serious crimes" by the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly and its early entry into force. They also showed desire to support approval by consensus of parameters of the permanent single-track negotiating mechanism to be established within the UN after 2025.

🔹️It was agreed to hold the next round of the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT Security-Related Issues next year.