FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 20, 2019. Russian Foreign Minister Russian foreign minister news Lavrov told U. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday that he believed the United States had tried to organize a coup in Venezuela and this violated the United Nations charter, the foreign ministry said.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and condemned Russian military support for his government. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Qatar as part of a tour across the Gulf countries aimed at discussing bilateral trade, energy, investment and regional issues including Syria, Yemen, Libya and Palestine. Lavrov is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates after his first stop in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday.
Russian media reported that Lavrov, in his talks with Qatari officials, would discuss the “implementation of the top-level agreements, projects in the energy sector, industry, agriculture and the peaceful use of outer space”. 5bn deal to acquire nearly 20 percent of Russia’s state oil company Rosneft. Ties between the two countries have stepped up since Qatar’s blockade by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain in 2017. Russia has consistently called for an end to the crisis through negotiations.
Gulf countries, Lavrov is hoping to gather support to deal with the situation in Syria. Syria, which is part of the reconstruction process in the country,” said Fraihat. Russia is trying to find an opportunity for itself where it can play a role in the politics of the Middle East. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulidis, right, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the United States has asked Moscow’s advice in dealing with North Korea before a summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader. Trump and Kim Jong Un are expected to meet on Wednesday and Thursday in Vietnam’s capital.
Their first meeting last summer ended without substantive agreements on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament. Lavrov, who is also visiting Vietnam this week, said in comments carried by Russian news agencies on Monday that Russia believes that the U. In office since 2004, he is the Foreign Minister of Russia. Section of the International Economic Relations and the U.
Lavrov was born on 21 March 1950 in Moscow, to an Armenian father and a Russian mother from Georgia. During his education at the MGIMO, Lavrov studied international relations. During his summer vacations, Lavrov also worked in Khakassia, Tuva and the Russian Far East. Each semester Lavrov with his fellow students conducted drama performances, which were later presented on the main stage of the university.
During the third year of his studies, Lavrov married. According to the rules of that time, a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations had to work for the Foreign Ministry for a certain amount of time. Lavrov was employed in the Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka as an advisor, as he was already a specialist on the country. In 1976 Lavrov returned to Moscow. He worked as a third and second secretary in the Section for the International Economic Relations of the USSR. There he was involved in analytics and his office also worked with various international organizations including the United Nations. In October 1990, Andrey Kozyrev, who led the control of the international organizations at the time, was named Foreign Minister of the Russian SFSR.
