Topic: Sergei Lavrov

The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a ...

Red Crescent Official, Priest Killed In Syria

A Red Crescent official and a priest were among the two dozen reported killed Wednesday in Syria, where a pro-government militia stormed ...

Russia warns of religious rift after Arab Spring

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is concerned that the Arab Spring revolutions could sow further turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa by provoking a potentially catastrophic rift between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.In written answers to ...

US disagrees with Russia view of Syrian opposition

The United States on Thursday disagreed with Russia's assessment that attacks by renegade Syrian troops risked plunging Syria into civil war, blaming the regime in Damascus for the violence."We think that's an incorrect assessment," US State Department deputy spokesman ...

BRICS ready to help euro zone via IMF: Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Major emerging economies are ready to provide financial help to the euro zone via the International Monetary Fund but in return want commitments to reform the IMF to be implemented, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.The so-called ...
Posted on 10/17/11 at 9:38am by Webmaster . The Esimit Europa project organized a gala evening in Trieste, attended by ambassadors from different...
Syria, accused by France of "crimes against humanity," on Thursday sent its security forces storming into a northwestern village where they killed three military defectors, rights activists said.Pro-democracy activists, meanwhile, called for the United Nations to send international observers to Syria ...
France urged nations to send a "powerful signal" to Syria, after accusing Damascus of "crimes against humanity," as activists said regime forces killed at least 23 people, 21 of them in a tank-backed raid on the flashpoint central city of Homs."The ...

Iran, Russia claim 'first step' to nuclear deal

Russia and Iran on Wednesday said a new Russian plan had a real chance of solving the standoff over the Iranian nuclear drive, despite the failure of past initiatives to end a decade of deadlock.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed his ...

Libya opposition says need more weapons

0 . Libya's opposition leader said Thursday that rebels needed more weapons and funding, as China and Russia raised concerns over revelations that ...