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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 Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Store, Moscow, February 3, 2010

Esteemed Colleagues,

Today, we with the Norwegian partners had very informative and useful talks, focusing on the discussion of our bilateral cooperation in the context of preparations for the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Norway, which is scheduled soon. We have already identified the agreed priorities of our interaction that include bilateral cooperation, good neighborliness and strengthening of our relations, collaboration in the North, and the implementation of large-scale joint projects. We actively support the cooperation between our companies in the energy sector, high technology, research, etc. We consider this interaction an important contribution to the objectives of modernization of Russia's economy, its transfer on to the innovative path of development.  Full story
 

Transcript of Remarks and Response to Media Questions by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Following the Signing of an Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia on Mutual Visa-Free Travel for Citizens of the Two Countries, Moscow, February 1, 2010

Esteemed colleagues,

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Murat Dzhioev and I have discussed a wide range of matters pertaining to bilateral relations that included political dialogue, interaction between agencies, economic cooperation to restore the destroyed economy of South Ossetia, and, of course, our cooperation in the international arena.

We have just signed an Agreement on mutual visa-free travel for citizens of the two states. The document establishes the most preferential terms for travel by South Ossetians to Russia, and by Russians to South Ossetia, and creates conditions for the development of business, humanitarian, and human exchanges that the young State of South Ossetia needs so badly.  Full story
 

Transcript of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov’s Comments to Russian Media Following Talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, London, January 27, 2010

We discussed the progress in carrying out the instructions that Hillary Clinton and I have as coordinators for the Bilateral Presidential Commission, formulated by Presidents Medvedev and Obama on the basis of their several meetings in 2009. We considered, in fact, the entire agenda of bilateral relations and a majority of international problems.

On bilateral matters, we agreed that as a result of the recent contacts in Moscow important steps had been taken towards the completion of negotiations on a new treaty on strategic offensive arms. The delegations will resume work next week in Geneva. They have new specified parameters on the questions that still require mutual approval. We hope that they will complete that work within the next few weeks, although in parallel they have yet to do some technical, legal and linguistic cleaning of the articles that have already been agreed in principle.  Full story