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That was in Iceland, last May, where they held a cordial and business-like discussion. On Thursday, they were set to discuss tensions around Ukraine, in the Swedish capital, on the sidelines of an OSCE event. The meeting came as NATO accused Russia of amassing forces close to Ukrainian borders. Moscow has rejected …

Speaking during the fifth day of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov ripped into the current US foreign policy, accusing Washington of trying to split the international community into Cold War-style blocks. In August, US President Joe Biden floated the idea to convene a “Leader’s …

The modern EU bureaucracy may seem light years away from the rapacious colonial powers of olden Europe, but geopolitics seemingly still reigns in Brussels, with the fight this time over influence in the troubled West African nation of Mali. With Mali’s military-ruled government struggling to quell a wave of jihadism, …

Speaking in front of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, and in the direction of gathered journalists, the veteran diplomat quipped that Brussels might attempt to convince Moscow to become a member. “Guys, don’t try your luck,” Lavrov joked. “Russia is not going to join NATO.” The long-serving foreign minister is in New …

Writing for Moscow daily Kommersant, Lavrov said Western nations had too much power on the United Nations Security Council, and the proposed limitations would democratize international relations. The Security Council, made up of 15 countries, includes five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There …

That’s according to an official statement from Ned Price, the spokesman for the US Department of State. Blinken and Lavrov met on the sidelines of the Arctic Council, currently meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The readout revealed that Blinken raised Washington’s “deep concerns” regarding Moscow’s troop deployments “in …

Speaking after his meeting with US Secretary of State Blinken on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland on Wednesday, Lavrov struck an optimistic tone, calling the talks “constructive.” The top Russian diplomat said that he saw willingness from the US delegation to mend relations with Moscow …

Imposing sanctions on the company and its CEO under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA) would “negatively impact US relations with Germany, the EU and other European allies and partners,” the State Department said on Wednesday. Those relations are critical to US efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, …

That’s according to a senior American State Department official, who noted that the subject could come up in bilateral discussions between Antony Blinken and Sergey Lavrov, in what will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two. Blinken is currently in Denmark and will head to Iceland for the Arctic …

Last week, the faction’s General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, claimed that a breakdown in communication was the fault of one side alone. “Since the summer of 2019, there have been no meetings of the NATO-Russia Council,” he said. “And that’s because Russia has not responded positively to our invitation to convene …