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Official Visit of Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev to Russia, Moscow, November 16-17, 2009

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Transcript of Remarks and Response to Media Questions by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at Joint Press Conference Following Talks with Kazakh Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, Moscow, November 17, 2009

Dear Kanat Bekmurzayevich, dear colleagues,

We are very pleased to welcome the Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Moscow. This is the first official visit of Kanat Bekmurzayevich abroad in this capacity, and we see this as a sign that highlights the special nature of our relations – relations of allied understanding, strategic partnership, good neighborliness, and trust, relations which cover all fields, virtually without exception.   Full story Full Story
 

 
 
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Interview of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to TV Channel Vesti, November 11, 2009

    
 
 

Transcript of Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Interview to TV Channel Vesti, November 11, 2009

Question: Sergey Viktorovich, good afternoon! If I may, I want to start with the topic that, in my opinion, interests the maximum number of our viewers; it’s the prospect of a visa-free regime in Russia and the EU. Recently Dutch Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans said that he had held some consultations and that in his view it was a prospect of not two or three, as said before, but of five to ten years. There are some complications, aren’t there? How are the negotiations going?

Lavrov: We find it hard to understand our European partners, because the visa-free dialogue has been one of the forms of our cooperation, and it was launched quite a long time ago. As early as 2004 the then President of the EU Commission, Romano Prodi, having vigorously backed up this idea, said that it was quite realistic to provide visa-free travel for the citizens of Russia and the European Union by 2008. But, unfortunately, the current makeup of the European Commission has approached this question in a rather overbureaucratized way and we have currently not progressed to a specific “road map” for us to agree within a reasonable period of time. We want to set this period and reach an agreement.   Full story Full Story
 

 
 
 
 
Working Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, November 5, 2009

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Transcript of Remarks and Response to Media Questions by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at Joint Press Conference Following Talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj, Sarajevo, November 5, 2009

Foreign Minister Lavrov: I want to thank my colleague the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the hospitality and very good reception. Both in Moscow and in Sarajevo, there is a mutual desire to develop our cooperation with the utmost vigor. If at this stage economic ties between Russia and Republika Srpska have received the greatest boost, in the very near future we expect a similar development for the Federation of BiH, taking into account the interests of Russian business, which is already beginning to realize specific projects here, and the interest of the Bosnian colleagues.   Full story Full Story
 

 
 
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 20.11.2009 
 Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Response to Media Query Regarding Upcoming Working Visit to Moscow by Belarus Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov’s Attendance at the Inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin Meets with UK Foreign Office Political Director Geoffrey Adams
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Response to Media Query Regarding “Association” between Processes of Nagorno Karabakh Settlement and Normalization of Armenian-Turkish Relations
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Saltanov Meets with Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Hassan Rishe
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Alexander Saltanov, Russia's Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister, Meets with Egyptian Ambassador to Moscow Izzat Saad
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Ruling by Constitutional Court of Russian Federation to Extend a Moratorium on Capital Punishment
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexei Borodavkin Meets with Pakistani Ambassador to Moscow Mohammad Khalid Khattak
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Response to Media Query Concerning Realization of the Scheme for Iran to Ship Low-Enriched Uranium Abroad
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov Meets with Nordic Council Secretary General Halldor Asgrimsson
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Greetings from Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to Participants and Guests of the Exhibition ‘Italy and the Moscow Court in the 15th-17th Centuries’ from the Moscow Kremlin Museums Collection in the Royal Palace at Caserta, November 19, 2009
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 World Summit on Food Security
 
 
 19.11.2009 
 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov Meets with a Delegation of the Board of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
 
 18.11.2009 
 Summary of Speech by Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin at the Conference ‘The Cold War and its Policy’ at Cambridge University, Cambridge, November 18-19, 2009
 
 
 18.11.2009 
 Consultations between Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov and Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, Spanish Secretary of State for Ibero-America
 
 
 18.11.2009 
 Statement by Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko in Connection with Decision of Israeli Authorities on Construction of New Housing Units in East Jerusalem
 
 
 18.11.2009 
 Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Interview to RIA Novosti on the Upcoming Visit to Moscow of German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Briefing by Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko, November 17, 2009
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Working Visit to Russia by US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Official Visit to the Russian Federation by Kazakh Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Concerning the Case of FRG Citizen B. T. Hobert
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 On the Upcoming November 18 Russia-EU Summit in Stockholm
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, Rome, November 16, 2009
 
 
 17.11.2009 
 Joint Article of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliyev, ‘Check Up Before the Trip,’ Rossiiskaya Gazeta, November 16, 2009
 
 
 16.11.2009 
 Russian-Ukrainian Consultations on European Security Problems
 
 
 16.11.2009 
 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Denisov Meets with Egyptian Ambassador to Moscow Izzat Saad
 
 
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