- 23:50 14/05/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the southern Russian resort of Sochi on Friday, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
- 19:41 14/05/2013
Russia is ready to develop relations with all democratically elected governments in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.1
- 15:09 14/05/2013
Damascus’ participation in an international conference between representatives of both sides in the Syrian conflict depends on “details and developments” and it will not be a party to any act that would harm national sovereignty, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said, the SANA state news agency reported on Tuesday.
- 05:43 14/05/2013
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to Russia on May 16-19 and will hold talks with Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
- 23:53 13/05/2013
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged Moscow to join an international effort to end the civil war in Syria, where more than 80,000 people have died and five million have been forced to flee their homes.5
- 15:36 13/05/2013
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet on the sidelines of the two-day Arctic Council meeting due to begin in Sweden on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.
- 13:19 13/05/2013
Russia hopes to agree on a visa-free travel regime with all Latin American countries in the next few years, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.
- 15:42 11/05/2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia to discuss the supplying of Russian weapons to Syria, a high-ranking source in Jerusalem told RIA Novosti on Saturday.2
- 14:16 11/05/2013
An international conference between representatives of both sides in the Syrian conflict is unlikely to take place before the end of May as earlier stated, as there are still too many differences of opinion over the event’s format.
- 22:14 10/05/2013
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the possible establishment of a Russian airbase in Belarus should not be seen as a response to US missile defense plans in Europe.
- 20:38 10/05/2013
Negotiators are in the final stage on reaching an agreement on the liberalization of visa regime between Russia and the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 19:49 10/05/2013
Russia has no plans to supply Syria with weapons beyond the current contracts that Moscow is honoring, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 18:54 10/05/2013
Russia and the United Kingdom have common interest in preserving Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
- 06:48 10/05/2013
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday thanked top Russian and US diplomats for their initiative to organize an international conference on Syria, his spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
- 19:47 09/05/2013
Syria’s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Thursday rapprochement between the United States and Russia over resolving the crisis in the war-torn country, the Syrian state news agency has reported.
- 21:50 08/05/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticized the international US-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) for doing too little to eradicate heroin production in the Central Asian state.
- 21:24 08/05/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UK Prime Minister David Cameron on May 10 in Moscow, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
- 15:28 08/05/2013
The Kremlin is trying to force the majority of independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Russia to shut down their operations, the leaders of two prominent Russian human rights groups said on Wednesday.2
- 13:59 08/05/2013
The UN and Arab League's special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, “warmly welcomed” on Wednesday an agreement between Russia and the United States to convene international talks on Syria that will include both representatives of the Syrian government and opposition.
