🎙 Address by Sergey Lavrov at the #G20 Ministerial Meeting on the role of the G20 in overcoming current international tensions

📍 Rio de Janeiro, 21 February 2024

💬 When we join forces, the world can change for the better and move forward. The 20th century has become an important milestone in freeing humanity from the shackles of colonialism. <...> The transition to the era of détente during the Cold War allowed the United States and the USSR to lay a strong foundation for containing military risks and building reliable strategic security architecture, especially in Europe. It is regrettable that those achievements have been almost completely destroyed today.

The objective process of the emergence of a multipolar world order driven by self-reliant nations and regions has met with serious resistance. The basic principles of international communication are being undermined at the instigation of the West. Universal legal norms and the principles of the UN Charter, including the sovereign equality of states, non-interference in internal affairs and self-determination of peoples, are being violated. Diplomacy as a means of peaceful settlement of disputes is being sacrificed to violent struggle, “hybrid wars”, total confrontation, and the desire to inflict a strategic defeat on the rival. Double standards, hypocrisy and direct lies are brought into play. <...>

Instead of a UN-centred architecture, narrow bloc alliances, closed clubs, behind-the-scenes “best practices”, allegedly “reliable scientific data”, and pseudo-democratic ‘values’ are being promoted.

The world is artificially divided into friends and foes, the “garden” and the “jungle”. <...>

This is what the infamous “rules” the West imposes instead of the international law, appear in reality.

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🌐 Our forum of the world's leading economies could make clear its opposition to the use of “economy as a weapon” and “war as an investment” and to demonstrate our desire for open and equitable trade and economic cooperation.

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🗓 On February 19, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 held consultations in Vientiane 🇱🇦 with Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR H.E. Mr. Bounleua PHANDANOUVONG and H.E. Mr. Thongphane SAVANPHET.

🔹️He was also received by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR H.E. Mr. Saleumxay KOMMASITH and had a meeting with the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar Mr. Alounkeo KITTIKHOUN.

🔹️The two sides had an in-depth discussion on the bilateral agenda and exchanged views on key international and regional issues with the special emphasis on the Chairmanship of Laos in ASEAN.

🔹️Particular attention was paid to the prospects for strengthening the #ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership, interaction between the two countries in ASEAN-led mechanisms, as well as resolving the situation in Myanmar 🇲🇲.

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🗓 On February 21, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 during his visit to Myanmar 🇲🇲 held consultations on the prospects of the #ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership, as well as bilateral interaction between Moscow and Naypyidaw in a number of areas.

🔹️He was received by Prime Minister of Myanmar H.E. Mr. Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Than Swe and held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Lwin Oo.

🔹️The sides had a detailed exchange of views on further development of #ASEANRussia relations, including in light of the Myanmar's future role as the new country-coordinator of the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership.

🔹️The parties also confirmed the coincidence of the two countries' approaches on topical global and regional issues, mutual focus on further efforts to coordinate at multilateral and regional platforms in order to consolidate the foundations of multipolarity and strengthen the positions of the countries of the global South.

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