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Middle East Quartet Statement, March 19, 2010, Moscow

The Quartet—U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell, and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Catherine Ashton—met in Moscow on March 19, 2010. They were joined by Quartet Representative Tony Blair.  Full story
 

Transcript of Remarks and Response to Media Questions by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Following Talks with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, Moscow, March 16, 2010

Esteemed colleagues,

Today we signed a Plan of Interaction between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Ukraine for the year 2010. It outlines the principal activities to be carried out this year by our agencies in order to fulfill the instructions of the Presidents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine given on the basis of their meetings in Moscow on March 5 as part of the official visit of Viktor Yanukovych to Russia. These instructions were formulated with the utmost clarity. Their essence is the necessity to revive and increase the effectiveness of all the mechanisms of Russian-Ukrainian interaction, including the mechanisms which for reasons beyond our control were not very actively used recently.

Above all, it is about the preparation of the third meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission under the leadership of the two presidents. The Commission has acquitted itself well as a body that can examine and decide on all issues in our relations. This concerns the economy, humanitarian cooperation and the international aspects of our cooperation. Today we agreed on a schedule of meetings between the representatives of the entities that must ensure a productive meeting of the Interstate Commission, which we agreed to combine with the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Kyiv.   Full story
 

Transcript of Statement to the Press by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Following Talks with Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov, Ashgabat, March 16, 2010

I want to thank my colleague for the hospitality and the invitation to visit Turkmenistan for the next round of bilateral consultations.

Today I was received by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. During the conversation, which was very warm and constructive, we substantively discussed the challenges facing our states in carrying out the agreements reached at the highest level during the recent visit of the Turkmen President to Russia and his talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

We noted the strategic character of the bilateral relationship, and the gradual development of ties in the trade and economic sphere. Actively working are the intergovernmental commissions, headed by the vice-premiers of the two countries: on the Russian side by Viktor Zubkov and on the Turkmen side by my counterpart Rashid Meredov.   Full story