📅 The 20th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee (ARJCC) took place via videoconference on 29 March 2022.
Representatives of the #ASEAN Secretariat and a number of Russian line agencies took part in the meeting.
The #ARJCC meeting was focused on the implementation of the decisions of the 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit in October 2021 and the Comprehensive Plan of Action to Implement ASEAN and the Russian Federation Strategic Partnership (2021-2025).
💬 The participants discussed the ways to deepen cooperation on political and security issues, disaster management, #ICT security, infectious diseases, tourism and in many other areas. Both Sides highlighted the successful conducting of the first ASEAN-Russia Naval Exercise in December 2021 and expressed readiness to promote further the Consultations of High Representatives Responsible for Security Issues and the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT security-related issues.
📚 A special significance was attached to the launch of the joint Year of Scientific and Technological Cooperation on 14 February 2022 that is expected to give a greater impetus to the ASEAN-Russia #cooperation in science and innovations. Its extensive programme includes conferences, workshops, study tours, business dialogues on such topics like education, energy, medicine, smart cities, molecular technologies and nuclear applications, digitalization, climate change, etc.
ASEAN commended the practical results of the Pandemic Prevention Training Courses for specialists from the ASEAN Member States started in Vladivostok in 2019. Another round of seminars took place in March 2022. The Meeting took stock of interim outcomes of the number of projects on sustainable agriculture. The Meeting agreed on increasing mutually beneficial project activities. The Russian participants made presentations on new joint projects covering environment and post-pandemic economic recovery. #Myanmar and the #Philippines briefed on their initiatives in the field of science and technologies. The facilitation of the Singaporean project on use of social media to promote tourism in Russia and ASEAN was also discussed.
As a follow-up to the ministerial meeting on tourism the ARJCC underlined the importance of promoting people-to-people contact beneficial to the advancement of the ASEAN-Russia cooperation. In particular the ASEAN-Russian Federation Tourism Cooperation Work Plan 2022-2024 will contribute to it. The Meeting determined modalities of collaboration between Higher Education Institutions in ASEAN and Russia. In this regard, the Meeting highly appreciated the activities of the ASEAN Center in MGIMO University aimed at deepening socio-cultural and scientific cooperation between ASEAN Member States and Russia.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1807974/
Representatives of the #ASEAN Secretariat and a number of Russian line agencies took part in the meeting.
The #ARJCC meeting was focused on the implementation of the decisions of the 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit in October 2021 and the Comprehensive Plan of Action to Implement ASEAN and the Russian Federation Strategic Partnership (2021-2025).
💬 The participants discussed the ways to deepen cooperation on political and security issues, disaster management, #ICT security, infectious diseases, tourism and in many other areas. Both Sides highlighted the successful conducting of the first ASEAN-Russia Naval Exercise in December 2021 and expressed readiness to promote further the Consultations of High Representatives Responsible for Security Issues and the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT security-related issues.
📚 A special significance was attached to the launch of the joint Year of Scientific and Technological Cooperation on 14 February 2022 that is expected to give a greater impetus to the ASEAN-Russia #cooperation in science and innovations. Its extensive programme includes conferences, workshops, study tours, business dialogues on such topics like education, energy, medicine, smart cities, molecular technologies and nuclear applications, digitalization, climate change, etc.
ASEAN commended the practical results of the Pandemic Prevention Training Courses for specialists from the ASEAN Member States started in Vladivostok in 2019. Another round of seminars took place in March 2022. The Meeting took stock of interim outcomes of the number of projects on sustainable agriculture. The Meeting agreed on increasing mutually beneficial project activities. The Russian participants made presentations on new joint projects covering environment and post-pandemic economic recovery. #Myanmar and the #Philippines briefed on their initiatives in the field of science and technologies. The facilitation of the Singaporean project on use of social media to promote tourism in Russia and ASEAN was also discussed.
As a follow-up to the ministerial meeting on tourism the ARJCC underlined the importance of promoting people-to-people contact beneficial to the advancement of the ASEAN-Russia cooperation. In particular the ASEAN-Russian Federation Tourism Cooperation Work Plan 2022-2024 will contribute to it. The Meeting determined modalities of collaboration between Higher Education Institutions in ASEAN and Russia. In this regard, the Meeting highly appreciated the activities of the ASEAN Center in MGIMO University aimed at deepening socio-cultural and scientific cooperation between ASEAN Member States and Russia.
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🎙 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Union of #Myanmar Wunna Maung Lwin
✅ We appreciate the traditionally friendly and trust-based nature of our partnership, which is immune to the influence of time-serving foreign policy considerations.
✅ Despite the pandemic, our trade grew by 20 percent in 2021 and by 50 percent in the first six months of 2022, year on year.
✅ We have developed close ties in education and the training of personnel. Over 7,000 Myanmar citizens have been given an opportunity to receive a higher education in Russia.
✅ We have close or similar positions on the majority of current global and regional issues and are closely coordinating our efforts at the UN and other multilateral platforms.
#RussiaMyanmar
✅ We appreciate the traditionally friendly and trust-based nature of our partnership, which is immune to the influence of time-serving foreign policy considerations.
✅ Despite the pandemic, our trade grew by 20 percent in 2021 and by 50 percent in the first six months of 2022, year on year.
✅ We have developed close ties in education and the training of personnel. Over 7,000 Myanmar citizens have been given an opportunity to receive a higher education in Russia.
✅ We have close or similar positions on the majority of current global and regional issues and are closely coordinating our efforts at the UN and other multilateral platforms.
#RussiaMyanmar
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🇷🇺🇲🇲 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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🤝 On August 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey #Lavrov visited the Republic of the Union of #Myanmar where he was received by the Chairman of the State Administrative Council, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, Min Aung Hlaing. He also held talks with Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin.
Sergey Lavrov and Min Aung Hlaing had an in-depth discussion of the geopolitical situation that is emerging against the background of the unprecedented sanctions campaign unleashed by the collective West both against Russia and against Myanmar.
✅ The meetings in Nay Pyi Taw were held in a constructive and friendly atmosphere, traditional for relations between the two countries, which in 2023 will mark 75 years since being established.
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🤝 On August 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey #Lavrov visited the Republic of the Union of #Myanmar where he was received by the Chairman of the State Administrative Council, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, Min Aung Hlaing. He also held talks with Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin.
Sergey Lavrov and Min Aung Hlaing had an in-depth discussion of the geopolitical situation that is emerging against the background of the unprecedented sanctions campaign unleashed by the collective West both against Russia and against Myanmar.
✅ The meetings in Nay Pyi Taw were held in a constructive and friendly atmosphere, traditional for relations between the two countries, which in 2023 will mark 75 years since being established.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, May 17, 2023)
🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #Gagauzia #Moldova
🔹 #Azerbaijan #Armenia
🔹 Armed attack on humanitarian relief convoy in #Myanmar
🔹 #RussiaFinland
🔹 #UNESCO
🔹 Report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the events in #Mali
🔹 Ongoing discrimination against Russian athletes
🔹 Desecration of monuments to Soviet soldiers in #Bulgaria
And much more...
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Talking points:
#Ukraine
The West has made its role in the conflict abundantly clear: Ukraine serves merely as a tool and Ukrainians as pawns it is ready to sacrifice in its standoff with Russia. The West has sacrificed literally everything on the altar of its morbid geopolitical ambitions. They are “exceptional”. Only they can govern everyone. Nobody has the right to take independent decisions, be it domestic affairs or foreign policy. The previous times of colonialism and imperialism have not receded into the past but rather are being converted to a modern format.
#UNESCO
In its commitment to confrontation, the collective West continues intentionally undermining mechanisms underpinning interstate relations and ignoring the diplomatic norms by using all kinds of dirty tricks. Paris followed in the footsteps of Washington by adopting bad visa practices. As a country hosting the UNESCO Headquarters, France failed to issue visas on time to several Russian representatives, preventing them from attending the 216th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board. Visa-related incidents of this kind with their obvious political bias are becoming a regular occurrence. By doing this, Paris has intentionally failed to honour its obligations as a host country.
🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #Gagauzia #Moldova
🔹 #Azerbaijan #Armenia
🔹 Armed attack on humanitarian relief convoy in #Myanmar
🔹 #RussiaFinland
🔹 #UNESCO
🔹 Report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the events in #Mali
🔹 Ongoing discrimination against Russian athletes
🔹 Desecration of monuments to Soviet soldiers in #Bulgaria
And much more...
📚 Read in full
Talking points:
#Ukraine
The West has made its role in the conflict abundantly clear: Ukraine serves merely as a tool and Ukrainians as pawns it is ready to sacrifice in its standoff with Russia. The West has sacrificed literally everything on the altar of its morbid geopolitical ambitions. They are “exceptional”. Only they can govern everyone. Nobody has the right to take independent decisions, be it domestic affairs or foreign policy. The previous times of colonialism and imperialism have not receded into the past but rather are being converted to a modern format.
#UNESCO
In its commitment to confrontation, the collective West continues intentionally undermining mechanisms underpinning interstate relations and ignoring the diplomatic norms by using all kinds of dirty tricks. Paris followed in the footsteps of Washington by adopting bad visa practices. As a country hosting the UNESCO Headquarters, France failed to issue visas on time to several Russian representatives, preventing them from attending the 216th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board. Visa-related incidents of this kind with their obvious political bias are becoming a regular occurrence. By doing this, Paris has intentionally failed to honour its obligations as a host country.