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
Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation. — Sergei Lavrov 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 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
NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation. — Sergei Lavrov 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 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
When you buy a company at an auction, and you are committing yourself to pay some $300 million to the state because… — Sergei Lavrov Business 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
We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in… — Sergei Lavrov Israel 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 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
Hours before the Georgian invasion, Russia had been working to secure a United Nations Security Council statement calling for a renunciation of… — Sergei Lavrov 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 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 Copy Share Image
We can only talk to those who opt for the sovereign, territorially integral, secular, multiethnic and multi-confessional Syria. — Sergei Lavrov Israel 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 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 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
We have been getting out of the situation where we found ourselves in the early '90s, when the Soviet Union disappeared and… — Sergei Lavrov 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
