Talks between Moscow and Kyiv to position and cease Russia’s close to -month army campaign in seasoned-Western Ukraine have stalled, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Friday. “They (negotiations) have stalled now,” he said after talks together with his Kazakh counterpart in Moscow, adding that Russia has still had not acquired an answer to a … Read more
Sydney: The Australian government announced on Friday that it had sanctioned two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. It follows similar steps by the US and the UK, bringing the total number of Australian sanctioned individuals and businesses in Russia to about 750. It did not name the two Putin … Read more
MOSCOW: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia kicked out 18 European Union (EU) diplomats on Friday in retaliation for what the EU had done. The EU Delegation to Russia Head Markus Ederer was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in protest of the EU’s decision to label 19 Russian diplomats “personae non gratae” earlier … Read more
Turkey said Thursday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba could meet for discussions in two weeks after hosting representatives from both sides earlier this week. “There could be a higher-level meeting, at least at the level of foreign ministers, within about a week or two weeks,” Turkish Foreign Minister … Read more
BEIJING: Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russia’s foreign minister made his first visit to key ally China since the invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov landed in the eastern city of Huangshan early Wednesday for a series of meetings about the future of Afghanistan. But Russia’s bloody assault on Ukraine … Read more
LONDON: Britain on Thursday slapped sanctions on 59 more Russians and entities and six Belarus entities in retaliation to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Targets of the latest asset freeze include Russian diamond giant Alrosa and shadowy mercenary group Wagner, as well as Polina Kovaleva — the stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — and … Read more
ANTALYA, Turkey – Ukraine and Russia made no pogress towards agreeing a ceasefire after the Russian invasion at tense talks in Turkey, the Ukrainian foreign minister said on Thursday. “We also talked on the ceasefire but no progress was accomplished on that,” Dmytro Kuleba told reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Antalya, describing the … Read more
The foreign office said on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be visiting Russia to attend the SCO meeting in Moscow scheduled on September 9, 2020. According to a statement released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, FM Qureshi is paying a visit to Moscow on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s invitation. Sergei Lavrov … Read more
