🇷🇺🇺🇳 On April 24-25 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has visited the UN headquarters in New York and took part in open debates as well as held several bilateral meetings.

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Day 2 📹 #UNGA78

🇷🇺🇺🇳 On September 21, the Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov continued to participate in the High-Level week of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly.

13 meetings in 1 day!👇

• Meeting with President of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Rashad al-Alimihad
• Talks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry
• Talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Panpree Phahitthanukorn
• Remarks at the preparatory Ministerial dedicated to the Summit of the Future in 2024
• Informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the countries that are parties to the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (#CICA)
• Talks with Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
• Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali Abdoulaye Diop
• Talks with Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira
• Talks with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud
• Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad of the Interim Government of Burkina Faso Olivia Rouamba
• Talks with Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Talks with Foreign Minister of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani
• Meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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#UNGA78

🇺🇳 The High-Level Week of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly has concluded!

The Russian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, took part in 35+ bilateral and multilateral meetings, voicing Russia's principled positions on important issues regarding the international and regional agenda.

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FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the UN Security Council meeting.
FM Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the General Debate of 78th Session of the UN General Assembly.
FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions.

Off we go! 🇺🇳

#Day1 📹 #UNGA79

🇷🇺🇺🇳 On September 25, the Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New York to participate in the High-Level week of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, meetings and multilateral consultations.

🤝 Day 1 was a success, busy and fruitful. In total Russia’s Foreign Minister took part in 13 events including 12 bilaterals:

🎙 Remarks at G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting

• Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi.
• Meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto
• Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parilla
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Nicaragua Valdrack Jaentschke
• Meeting with Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves
• Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó
• Meeting with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Juraj Blanar
• Meeting with Secretary of State of Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin
• Meeting with Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• Meeting with Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Philippe Lazzarini
• Meeting with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, Ian Borg

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#Day2 📹 #UNGA79

The Russian delegation helmed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov continues to carry out its intensive programme within the framework and on the margins of the High-Level Week of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly.

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🤝 On Day 2, the Minister held 9 bilateral meetings, including the traditional tête-à-tête with the UN Secretary-General, took part in the CSTO and BRICS Ministerials. In total, 11 events:

• Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu
• Working meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers
• BRICS Ministerial meeting
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita
• Meeting with Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Bolivia Celinda Sosa Lunda
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Diop
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov
• Meeting with Chairman of the Supreme (Sovereignty) Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi
• Meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres

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🤝 On Day 3 of the Russian delegation's High-level Week of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly gauntlet, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in 9 events, including meetings in multilateral format:

• Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter
• Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria Bassam Sabbagh
• Meeting of the regional quartet (Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan)
• Meeting with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon Abdallah Bou Habib
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira
• Meeting “Russia - Small Island States of the South Pacific”
• Meeting with Foreign Minister of Iran Seyed Abbas Araghchi
• Astana Process meeting
• Remarks at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

✍️ Russian-Syrian Declaration on Ways and Methods of Countering, Combating the Derivative Effects of Unilateral Coercive Measures was signed during the Foreign Ministers Meeting.

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🤝 The Russian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, has concluded its participation in the High-Level Week of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly:

35 meetings, including 28 bilaterals "on the margins" of the UNGA.

A recap of what you might have…or might not have missed 👆

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👉 DAY 2
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🎙 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov's remarks at General Debate of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly:
💬 Russia will always be on the side of collective work, truth and law, peace and cooperation in the interests of reviving the ideals laid down by the founding fathers. This is the aim of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations

🎙 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions
💬 Our view is well known. The only beneficial way to reinforce the Council is by considering candidates from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Increasing the number of Western countries and their allies is out of the question.

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