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Western news agencies distorted Lavrov’s speech – RFM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks in Tehran. Photo: AFP
A number of Western news agencies have distorted the meaning of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov given during a press conference in Tehran. The ministry has stated that the words of the Foreign Minister were incorrectly translated. Read more…
Moscow ready to host conference on Syria – Lavrov
Moscow is ready to host the international conference on Syria, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists in Moscow on Tuesday. Read more…
Syria’s FM in Moscow
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has arrived in Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on April 10. Muallem will tell him about the steps Syria is taking to implement the peace plan put forward by the UN envoy Kofi Annan. Read more…
Russian patrol ship to be stationed in Syrian waters
Patrol ship “Smetliviy” of the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be stationed in Syrian waters till May 2012, a military-diplomatic source told Ria-Novosti today. Read more…
Russia backs Annan’s Syrian mission
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calls on the world community to support the mission of the UN envoy to Syria Kofi Annan. Mr. Lavrov said this after meeting with Mr. Annan in Moscow. Read more…
Russia satisfied with UN Security Council’s position on Syria
Russia is satisfied with UN Security Council’s pragmatic position on Syria, Russia’s permanent envoy in the UN Vitaly Churkin told a press-conference in New York. Read more…
Russia – Lavrov, the peace dealer
Polina Chernitsa
A number of politicians, both in the West and in the East, say that Kofi Annan’s plan on Syria allegedly presupposes that Russia should put pressure on the Assad regime in order to make it lay down arms. Read more…