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
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
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
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
Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country. — Sergei Lavrov Country 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
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
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
Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. — Sergei Lavrov Attack 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 every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations. — Sergei Lavrov Arsenal 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
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
A second opinion never hurts, not only in medicine, but also in politics. — Sergei Lavrov Medicine 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
In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control. — Sergei Lavrov Commitment Copy Share Image
We firmly oppose the use of violence in the course of current transformations in Arab States, especially against civilians. We are well… — Sergei Lavrov Aware Copy Share Image
People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of… — Sergei Lavrov Detail Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even go into the history of the last days of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal from Europe, and what promises… — Sergei Lavrov Believe Copy Share Image
You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most… — Sergei Lavrov Army Copy Share Image
Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear… — Sergei Lavrov International law Copy Share Image
Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. — Sergei Lavrov Against Copy Share Image
We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria. — Sergei Lavrov Only Copy Share Image
Hours before the Georgian invasion, Russia had been working to secure a United Nations Security Council statement calling for a renunciation of… — Sergei Lavrov Could Copy Share Image
