Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Erbil

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📰 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" newspaper (November 27, 2024)

Key points:

#UkraineCrisis

• No matter what the adversary does to escalate the situation, it will never make us renounce efforts to achieve the special military operation’s goals.

• In Ukraine’s case, this deals with addressing the root causes of the conflict, which include the emergence of entrenched security threats for Russia along its western borders, including NATO’s eastward expansion, as well as recurrent and systematic violations by the Kiev regime of the rights of Russians and people identifying themselves as Russians in terms of their cultural affiliation and the Orthodox faith.

• A political settlement must include the demilitarization and de-Nazification, while also ensuring the unaligned, neutral, non-nuclear status for the territories controlled by the Kiev regime.

❗️Of course, any agreements will hinge upon recognising the political and territorial reality as per the Constitution of Russia.

#MiddleEast

• The situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate.

• All this directly stems from Israel’s aggressive, militarist policy, coupled with Washington’s efforts to monopolize the mediation process while throwing the UN Security Council decisions under the bus, despite the fact that these documents were adopted by consensus.

• Bringing the situation with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to normal is the only path to improving the situation across the Middle East, including in Lebanon. <...> Creating conditions for achieving a two-state solution would be the next step in terms of moving beyond the violent phase in this crisis.

#NOtoNeocolonialism

• The exploitation of former colonies by the colonial powers has never stopped. All it did was merely adjust its form, but the goal has remained the same, and it is to pump out resources from the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America to sustain the West’s dominance and ensure high living standards for its people.

• The developing countries keep raising the issue of their rightful spot in the global division of labour, which, in its current form, is a stark manifestation of modern neocolonialism in and of itself.

#ClimateAgenda

• Our priority during these discussions is to depoliticize cooperation on climate issues. Our goals in this sphere should be realistic, and their implementation should promote a balanced socio-economic development of all countries.

• We regard the task of energy transition in the context of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern sources of energy. The key role in this process belongs to natural gas, the cleanest hydrocarbon and an ideal transition fuel.

• We consistently protest against the accelerated green transformation, which Western countries are advocating. Their fixation on that subject has already caused an unjustified growth of energy prices and, consequently, unprecedentedly high prices of mineral fertilisers.

👉 Read the interview in full

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📰 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" newspaper (November 27, 2024)

Key points:

#UkraineCrisis

• No matter what the adversary does to escalate the situation, it will never make us renounce efforts to achieve the special military operation’s goals.

• In Ukraine’s case, this deals with addressing the root causes of the conflict, which include the emergence of entrenched security threats for Russia along its western borders, including NATO’s eastward expansion, as well as recurrent and systematic violations by the Kiev regime of the rights of Russians and people identifying themselves as Russians in terms of their cultural affiliation and the Orthodox faith.

• A political settlement must include the demilitarization and de-Nazification, while also ensuring the unaligned, neutral, non-nuclear status for the territories controlled by the Kiev regime.

❗️Of course, any agreements will hinge upon recognising the political and territorial reality as per the Constitution of Russia.

#MiddleEast

• The situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate.

• All this directly stems from Israel’s aggressive, militarist policy, coupled with Washington’s efforts to monopolize the mediation process while throwing the UN Security Council decisions under the bus, despite the fact that these documents were adopted by consensus.

• Bringing the situation with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to normal is the only path to improving the situation across the Middle East, including in Lebanon. <...> Creating conditions for achieving a two-state solution would be the next step in terms of moving beyond the violent phase in this crisis.

#NOtoNeocolonialism

• The exploitation of former colonies by the colonial powers has never stopped. All it did was merely adjust its form, but the goal has remained the same, and it is to pump out resources from the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America to sustain the West’s dominance and ensure high living standards for its people.

• The developing countries keep raising the issue of their rightful spot in the global division of labour, which, in its current form, is a stark manifestation of modern neocolonialism in and of itself.

#ClimateAgenda

• Our priority during these discussions is to depoliticize cooperation on climate issues. Our goals in this sphere should be realistic, and their implementation should promote a balanced socio-economic development of all countries.

• We regard the task of energy transition in the context of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern sources of energy. The key role in this process belongs to natural gas, the cleanest hydrocarbon and an ideal transition fuel.

• We consistently protest against the accelerated green transformation, which Western countries are advocating. Their fixation on that subject has already caused an unjustified growth of energy prices and, consequently, unprecedentedly high prices of mineral fertilisers.

👉 Read the interview in full

BY Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Erbil