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🎙 Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya, November 17, 2022.
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#BlackSeaInitiative
💬 The decision to extend the Black Sea Initiative depends on the bona fide fulfilment of this agreement, including the non-use of the respective humanitarian sea-transit corridor for military purposes <...>
Although the US and the EU have verbally announced the exemption of Russian agricultural products, including fertilisers, from the unilateral sanctions, in reality, our producers and suppliers continue to face obstacles caused by their partners’ overcompliance and effectively prohibitive terms of insurance, freighting and bank payments, including transactions through the Russian Agricultural Bank, which is still removed from the SWIFT system. <...>
Another eloquent example of the Western sanctions’ disruptive effect is that they are even preventing a free transfer of some 280,000 tonnes of Russian fertilisers to the poorest countries.
#JCPOA #Iran
💬 Those who inspire and orchestrate politically biased allegations of the supply of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia know deep down that all their efforts are in vain. By doing this, they have completely discredited themselves as reliable participants of the JCPOA.
I would like to remind you that it all began with the Ukrainian allegations at the UN Security Council based on information from public sources. It turned out that the public sources in question were... Western media outlets.
In fact, this is only a smokescreen created in the West to camouflage their inability to ensure the full-fledged implementation of the JCPOA and resume their obligations under the nuclear deal.
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Russia does not see any reasonable alternative to the revival of the JCPOA. Any other option will only lead to an escalation with grave and possibly irreversible consequences for international security and global markets.
Read the interview in full
#BlackSeaInitiative
💬 The decision to extend the Black Sea Initiative depends on the bona fide fulfilment of this agreement, including the non-use of the respective humanitarian sea-transit corridor for military purposes <...>
Although the US and the EU have verbally announced the exemption of Russian agricultural products, including fertilisers, from the unilateral sanctions, in reality, our producers and suppliers continue to face obstacles caused by their partners’ overcompliance and effectively prohibitive terms of insurance, freighting and bank payments, including transactions through the Russian Agricultural Bank, which is still removed from the SWIFT system. <...>
Another eloquent example of the Western sanctions’ disruptive effect is that they are even preventing a free transfer of some 280,000 tonnes of Russian fertilisers to the poorest countries.
#JCPOA #Iran
💬 Those who inspire and orchestrate politically biased allegations of the supply of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia know deep down that all their efforts are in vain. By doing this, they have completely discredited themselves as reliable participants of the JCPOA.
I would like to remind you that it all began with the Ukrainian allegations at the UN Security Council based on information from public sources. It turned out that the public sources in question were... Western media outlets.
In fact, this is only a smokescreen created in the West to camouflage their inability to ensure the full-fledged implementation of the JCPOA and resume their obligations under the nuclear deal.
<...>
Russia does not see any reasonable alternative to the revival of the JCPOA. Any other option will only lead to an escalation with grave and possibly irreversible consequences for international security and global markets.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya (December 29, 2022)
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#Ukraine
It is obvious that Kiev is not ready for dialogue. Vladimir Zelensky churns out all kinds of ideas and peace formulas, with the illusion of succeeding, with the Western assistance, in achieving the withdrawal of our troops from the Russian territories in Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, making Russia pay reparations, voluntarily surrender to international tribunals, etc.
👉 Of course, we will not discuss conditions of this kind with anyone.
#OSCE
Let me tell you right away that the situation within the OSCE has been quite challenging. Created as a platform for promoting equitable dialogue and cooperation, this organisation has been going through a deep crisis these past few years.
We are now reaping the fruits of this selfish, short-sighted policy of our former partners. Our trust in them has suffered a major blow. One of the lessons is that if and when we ever start working together again, we will have to build new foundations because the past approaches are no longer working.
#JCPOA
The model we suggested was straightforward and clear: the United States and Iran move to meet each other halfway at the same time by gradually returning to compliance with the JCPOA. All details were worked out. This is a realistic scenario as long as there is political will to carry it out.
The fact that with the finishing line in sight, the United States and Europeans ran out of gas and focused on efforts to destabilise the internal political situation in Iran is another story.
☝️ Meanwhile, it is a fact of life that there is no reasonable alternative to the JCPOA.
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#Ukraine
It is obvious that Kiev is not ready for dialogue. Vladimir Zelensky churns out all kinds of ideas and peace formulas, with the illusion of succeeding, with the Western assistance, in achieving the withdrawal of our troops from the Russian territories in Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, making Russia pay reparations, voluntarily surrender to international tribunals, etc.
👉 Of course, we will not discuss conditions of this kind with anyone.
#OSCE
Let me tell you right away that the situation within the OSCE has been quite challenging. Created as a platform for promoting equitable dialogue and cooperation, this organisation has been going through a deep crisis these past few years.
We are now reaping the fruits of this selfish, short-sighted policy of our former partners. Our trust in them has suffered a major blow. One of the lessons is that if and when we ever start working together again, we will have to build new foundations because the past approaches are no longer working.
#JCPOA
The model we suggested was straightforward and clear: the United States and Iran move to meet each other halfway at the same time by gradually returning to compliance with the JCPOA. All details were worked out. This is a realistic scenario as long as there is political will to carry it out.
The fact that with the finishing line in sight, the United States and Europeans ran out of gas and focused on efforts to destabilise the internal political situation in Iran is another story.
☝️ Meanwhile, it is a fact of life that there is no reasonable alternative to the JCPOA.