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📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Regional tracks of the foreign policy of Russia: The Islamic world
☪️ The states of friendly Islamic civilization, which has great prospects for establishing itself as an independent centre of world development within a polycentric world, are increasingly in demand & more reliable partners of Russia in ensuring security & stability as well as in solving economic problems at the global & regional levels.
❗️ Russia seeks to strengthen the comprehensive mutually beneficial cooperation with the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), respecting their social & political systems & traditional spiritual & moral values.
In pursuing these aims, Russia is going to focus on:
1) developing the full-scale & trustful cooperation with Iran 🇮🇷, providing comprehensive support for Syria 🇸🇾, & deepening the multifaceted mutually beneficial partnerships with Türkiye 🇹🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬 & the other Member States of the OIC, given the extent of their sovereignty & constructiveness of their policy toward Russia;
2) establishing a sustainable comprehensive regional security & cooperation architecture in the Middle East & North Africa;
3) promoting interfaith & intercultural dialog & understanding, consolidating efforts to protect traditional spiritual & moral values, & combating Islamophobia, including via the OIC;
4) reconciling differences & normalizing relations among the Member States of the OIC, as well as between these states & their neighbours, including within the efforts aimed at a comprehensive & lasting solution to the Palestinian question;
5) helping resolve & overcome consequences of armed conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa, South, Southeast Asia & other regions where Member States of the OIC are located;
6) unleashing the economic potential of the Member States of the OIC with a view to establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership.
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Regional tracks of the foreign policy of Russia: The Islamic world
☪️ The states of friendly Islamic civilization, which has great prospects for establishing itself as an independent centre of world development within a polycentric world, are increasingly in demand & more reliable partners of Russia in ensuring security & stability as well as in solving economic problems at the global & regional levels.
❗️ Russia seeks to strengthen the comprehensive mutually beneficial cooperation with the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), respecting their social & political systems & traditional spiritual & moral values.
In pursuing these aims, Russia is going to focus on:
1) developing the full-scale & trustful cooperation with Iran 🇮🇷, providing comprehensive support for Syria 🇸🇾, & deepening the multifaceted mutually beneficial partnerships with Türkiye 🇹🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬 & the other Member States of the OIC, given the extent of their sovereignty & constructiveness of their policy toward Russia;
2) establishing a sustainable comprehensive regional security & cooperation architecture in the Middle East & North Africa;
3) promoting interfaith & intercultural dialog & understanding, consolidating efforts to protect traditional spiritual & moral values, & combating Islamophobia, including via the OIC;
4) reconciling differences & normalizing relations among the Member States of the OIC, as well as between these states & their neighbours, including within the efforts aimed at a comprehensive & lasting solution to the Palestinian question;
5) helping resolve & overcome consequences of armed conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa, South, Southeast Asia & other regions where Member States of the OIC are located;
6) unleashing the economic potential of the Member States of the OIC with a view to establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with the ministerial committee on Gaza
📍Moscow, November 21, 2023
💬 I am delighted to see you in Moscow and would like to welcome the delegation of the League of Arab States (#LAS), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), foreign ministers of member states, and the OIC Secretary-General.
I am aware that you formed this group following the LAS-OIC joint summit, which took place on November 11 in Riyadh.
Your goal now is to mobilise as many members of the international community as possible to stop the bloodshed in Gaza, to ensure the resolution of humanitarian issues, and to create proper conditions for a lasting and sustainable settlement in accordance with the UN Security Council and the General Assembly resolutions.
🤝 I sincerely appreciate this initiative and I believe it is an important one.
⚠️ Today's situation shows how catastrophic the consequences can be to go down a path that ignores international law. We are witnessing calamitous humanitarian consequences in Gaza. The volume of incoming humanitarian aid is clearly inadequate.
In order to be able to move towards this goal, alongside the efforts to address the acute humanitarian issues that I mentioned earlier, there is also a need to form a collective diplomatic mechanism.
The quartet of international mediators, which was, in fact, disbanded by the decision of the US (they refused to work in this format), did not include representatives of the Arab and Islamic world. <...> The quartet could not fulfill the functions assigned to it by the UN Security Council.
☝️ The external monitoring mechanism to coordinate the conditions for a lasting and sustainable settlement based on a two-state solution must be truly representative. It must fully take into account the obvious fact that the countries of the region understand better than others how to achieve a solution that will satisfy everyone for many years to come.
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📍Moscow, November 21, 2023
💬 I am delighted to see you in Moscow and would like to welcome the delegation of the League of Arab States (#LAS), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), foreign ministers of member states, and the OIC Secretary-General.
I am aware that you formed this group following the LAS-OIC joint summit, which took place on November 11 in Riyadh.
Your goal now is to mobilise as many members of the international community as possible to stop the bloodshed in Gaza, to ensure the resolution of humanitarian issues, and to create proper conditions for a lasting and sustainable settlement in accordance with the UN Security Council and the General Assembly resolutions.
🤝 I sincerely appreciate this initiative and I believe it is an important one.
⚠️ Today's situation shows how catastrophic the consequences can be to go down a path that ignores international law. We are witnessing calamitous humanitarian consequences in Gaza. The volume of incoming humanitarian aid is clearly inadequate.
In order to be able to move towards this goal, alongside the efforts to address the acute humanitarian issues that I mentioned earlier, there is also a need to form a collective diplomatic mechanism.
The quartet of international mediators, which was, in fact, disbanded by the decision of the US (they refused to work in this format), did not include representatives of the Arab and Islamic world. <...> The quartet could not fulfill the functions assigned to it by the UN Security Council.
☝️ The external monitoring mechanism to coordinate the conditions for a lasting and sustainable settlement based on a two-state solution must be truly representative. It must fully take into account the obvious fact that the countries of the region understand better than others how to achieve a solution that will satisfy everyone for many years to come.
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