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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of Burundi Albert Shingiro
📍 Sochi, March 23, 2023
🇷🇺🇧🇮 We value the relations between Russia and Burundi, which, if we take diplomatic ties, marked 60th anniversary last year. They have always been friendly and based on mutual respect.
We are grateful to President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye, who sent a special message at the end of July to confirm his participation in the second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg. We will certainly prepare a good, productive programme for his visit.
🤝 I would like to express satisfaction with our close interaction and coordination at the UN on the international agenda. Russia and Burundi treat the positions our countries promote at the UN with mutual respect.
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📍 Sochi, March 23, 2023
🇷🇺🇧🇮 We value the relations between Russia and Burundi, which, if we take diplomatic ties, marked 60th anniversary last year. They have always been friendly and based on mutual respect.
We are grateful to President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye, who sent a special message at the end of July to confirm his participation in the second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg. We will certainly prepare a good, productive programme for his visit.
🤝 I would like to express satisfaction with our close interaction and coordination at the UN on the international agenda. Russia and Burundi treat the positions our countries promote at the UN with mutual respect.
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#RussiaBurundi #RussiaAfrica
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🇷🇺🇧🇮 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of the Republic of Burundi Albert Shingiro
📍 Sochi, March 23, 2023
✅ We have coordinated the practical moves needed to boost our trade and economic cooperation and cultural ties. We discussed promising areas such as the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
✅ One of our priorities is healthcare, including in the context of dealing with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and preparing for the possibility of outbreaks of other infectious diseases. Head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova has recently visited Burundi, where a cutting-edge biolaboratory with Russian equipment was opened at the National Centre for Public Health.
✅ We reaffirmed the convergence of positions on most current issues across the international agenda. We noted our Burundian partners’ decision to support Russia’s initiatives at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. We appreciate their balanced stance at the UN during consideration of the situation in Ukraine.
#NordStream
💬 I think the first portion of Mr. Hersh’s findings caused quite a shock among the Western countries.
With regard to the national investigations conducted by the Swedes, Danes and Germans. <...> I think these countries would be okay with what we in Russia describe as putting it to bed and leaving everyone none the wiser. We do not expect these investigations to be transparent or the general public ever becoming aware of their results.
We submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council asking the UN Secretary-General to conduct an impartial, objective and transparent investigation with broad participation of international experts. China is supportive of this approach. The Americans’ reaction was nervous. I would even say their behaviour looks like panic.
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📍 Sochi, March 23, 2023
✅ We have coordinated the practical moves needed to boost our trade and economic cooperation and cultural ties. We discussed promising areas such as the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
✅ One of our priorities is healthcare, including in the context of dealing with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and preparing for the possibility of outbreaks of other infectious diseases. Head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova has recently visited Burundi, where a cutting-edge biolaboratory with Russian equipment was opened at the National Centre for Public Health.
✅ We reaffirmed the convergence of positions on most current issues across the international agenda. We noted our Burundian partners’ decision to support Russia’s initiatives at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. We appreciate their balanced stance at the UN during consideration of the situation in Ukraine.
#NordStream
💬 I think the first portion of Mr. Hersh’s findings caused quite a shock among the Western countries.
With regard to the national investigations conducted by the Swedes, Danes and Germans. <...> I think these countries would be okay with what we in Russia describe as putting it to bed and leaving everyone none the wiser. We do not expect these investigations to be transparent or the general public ever becoming aware of their results.
We submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council asking the UN Secretary-General to conduct an impartial, objective and transparent investigation with broad participation of international experts. China is supportive of this approach. The Americans’ reaction was nervous. I would even say their behaviour looks like panic.
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#RussiaBurundi #RussiaAfrica
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🇷🇺🇧🇮 On March 23, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of the Republic of Burundi Albert Shingiro, who was in Russia on a working visit, held talks in Sochi.
The Foreign Ministers discussed in detail the current issues of further strengthening the traditionally friendly Russian-Burundian relations. They confirmed the willingness of Moscow and Gitega to deepen their political dialogue, build up mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, the economy, humanitarian sphere and other fields. They also reviewed prospects for the implementation of joint projects, particularly in peaceful nuclear energy, healthcare and education.
🤝 The Parties held a thorough and confidential exchange of views on issues on the international and African agenda that are of mutual interest with a focus on the settlement of regional conflicts, in particular the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The Ministers reaffirmed their interest in strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international venues.
Particular attention was paid to the development of Russian-African interaction in the context of preparations for the second #RussiaAfrica Summit in Saint Petersburg in July 2023.
#RussiaBurundi
The Foreign Ministers discussed in detail the current issues of further strengthening the traditionally friendly Russian-Burundian relations. They confirmed the willingness of Moscow and Gitega to deepen their political dialogue, build up mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, the economy, humanitarian sphere and other fields. They also reviewed prospects for the implementation of joint projects, particularly in peaceful nuclear energy, healthcare and education.
🤝 The Parties held a thorough and confidential exchange of views on issues on the international and African agenda that are of mutual interest with a focus on the settlement of regional conflicts, in particular the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The Ministers reaffirmed their interest in strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international venues.
Particular attention was paid to the development of Russian-African interaction in the context of preparations for the second #RussiaAfrica Summit in Saint Petersburg in July 2023.
#RussiaBurundi
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🇷🇺🇧🇮 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov arrives in Burundi.
📍 Bujumbura, May 30, 2023
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📍 Bujumbura, May 30, 2023
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