I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide. — Sergei Lavrov I can Copy Share Image
With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way. — Sergei Lavrov Expansion Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country. — Sergei Lavrov Country Copy Share Image
A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics. — Sergei Lavrov Doctor Copy Share Image
We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. — Sergei Lavrov Borders Copy Share Image
We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one… — Sergei Lavrov Country Copy Share Image
We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden. — Sergei Lavrov Believe Copy Share Image
We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone. — Sergei Lavrov Iran Copy Share Image
The E.U.'s Eastern Partnership programme is designed to bind the so-called focus states tightly to itself, shutting down the possibility of co-operation… — Sergei Lavrov Co-operation Copy Share Image
When Colonel Gadhafi started using his air force against civilians on the ground, we did not hesitate. Then we supported the resolution… — Sergei Lavrov Air Copy Share Image
For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange… — Sergei Lavrov Create Copy Share Image
Our stand is crystal-clear - we want peace in Ukraine, which can only be attained through broad national dialogue in which all… — Sergei Lavrov Communication Copy Share Image
Even the state TV channels are not monolithic in their pro-government line, and the views they express are quite pluralistic. — Sergei Lavrov Even Copy Share Image
NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which… — Sergei Lavrov Australia Copy Share Image
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts… — Sergei Lavrov International law Copy Share Image
I started, you know, to work as a diplomat during the Soviet days, and in spite of ideology being very high on… — Sergei Lavrov Always Copy Share Image
The U.S.-led western alliance, while acting as an advocate of democracy, rule of law and human rights, is acting from the opposite… — Sergei Lavrov Acting Copy Share Image
If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside… — Sergei Lavrov Go Copy Share Image
We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the… — Sergei Lavrov Adoption Copy Share Image
If our interests - our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians - have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia,… — Sergei Lavrov Example Copy Share Image
Russia would prefer to rebuild trust rather than allow it to further corrode. That's why, in July 2007, President Putin, in the… — Sergei Lavrov Collective effort Copy Share Image
Russia is doing all it can to promote early stabilisation in Ukraine. — Sergei Lavrov Doing Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation. — Sergei Lavrov Development Copy Share Image
The international community unfortunately did take sides in Libya, and we would never allow the Security Council to authorise anything similar to… — Sergei Lavrov Anything Copy Share Image
Attempts to put pressure on Russia and to compel it to abandon its values, truth and justice have no prospects whatsoever. — Sergei Lavrov Justice Copy Share Image
We have been protecting the lives of the Russian peacekeepers who had been attacked by their Georgian comrades, because there was a… — Sergei Lavrov Comrades Copy Share Image
Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations. — Sergei Lavrov Arsenal Copy Share Image
We are certain that Ukraine needs profound constitutional reform. In all fairness, we can't see any other way to ensure the stable… — Sergei Lavrov Fairness Copy Share Image
Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup… — Sergei Lavrov Change Copy Share Image
Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through… — Sergei Lavrov Country Copy Share Image
Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need… — Sergei Lavrov Children Copy Share Image
Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. — Sergei Lavrov Attack Copy Share Image
If you look at U.S. Congress, 80 percent of them have never left the U.S.A., so I'm not surprised about Russophobia in… — Sergei Lavrov About Copy Share Image
The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the… — Sergei Lavrov Behind Copy Share Image
Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and… — Sergei Lavrov Islam Copy Share Image
When the Georgian army started this assault against the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, the Georgian peacekeepers, serving in one contingent with their… — Sergei Lavrov Army Copy Share Image
