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Russia vows to push Ukrainian army back in response to longer-range rockets

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russian forces would respond to the delivery of longer-range Western weapons to Kyiv by trying to push Ukrainian forces further away from its borders to create a safe buffer zone.

Reuters

South Africa and Russia: President Cyril Ramaphosa's foreign policy explained

January was a busy diplomatic month for South Africa. The country hosted Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US treasury secretary Janet Yellen. Josep Borrell, vice-president of the European Commission, was also in town.

The Conversation

Shoukry, Lavrov Meet in Moscow, Discuss Cooperation, Int’l Developments

Egypt and Russia stressed on Tuesday the importance of developing bilateral relations between their countries at all levels. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Moscow for talks on regional and international issues, notably the Ukrainian crisis. At a joint press conference, Shoukry said the…

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Moscow: Agreement Reached on Including Tehran in Ankara, Damascus Normalization Process

Moscow reiterated on Tuesday its keenness on pushing forward rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow supports Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s openness to resolving issues with Damascus. “An agreement has been reached today with the aim of including Iran in this process,” he announced…

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Russia's Lavrov urges Israel and Palestinians not to worsen tensions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged senior Palestinian and Israeli diplomats by phone on Sunday to do their utmost to avoid escalating a surge in violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank, his ministry said.

Reuters

Lavrov shores up Eritrean support for Russia over Ukraine conflict

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Thursday on a tour of Africa to shore up support for Russia, focusing on the "dynamics of the war in Ukraine", Eritrea's information minister said.

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Russia’s FM Lavrov meets Eritrean president on Africa tour

Foreign minister’s trip to Eritrea comes as part of his Africa tour which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eswatini.

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Analysis-Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up

South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.

Reuters

As Yellen woos Africa, sceptics ask 'Is the U.S. here to stay?'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's three-country trip to Africa - the leading edge of a new diplomatic push by the Biden administration - aims to show the continent the United States is a true partner, one here for the long-haul.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war live: Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, reports say — as it happened

Media reports say German chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send the vehicles and allow other countries to send their German-made tanks

The Guardian - AU

South Africa hails friendship with Russia

In tonight's edition: Opposition voices in South Africa and international critics of the Kremlin slam Pretoria's welcoming of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the United Nations, Amnesty International and the European Union call for a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of a human rights lawyer in Eswatini.…

France 24

Russia 'almost' in all-out war with the West, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov warns

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's made the remarks on a visit to South Africa as the Russian government continues to escalate its rhetoric with fighting intensifying in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Lavrov Says West Prevented Negotiations to End Ukraine War

Moscow was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war but the US and other Western nations advised Kyiv against it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov's remarks on a visit to South Africa were similar to those made last year by Russian President…

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South Africa defends planned military drills with Russia and China

South Africa's foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting such exercises with "friends" was the "natural course of relations."

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And Then What? by Catherine Ashton review – colourful insider account of European diplomacy

The first and presumably last Briton ever to lead European foreign policy gives us a glimpse of a collaborative approach now sadly lost

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Ukraine Investigates Helicopter Crash that Killed Interior Minister

Ukrainian authorities on Thursday were investigating the circumstances surrounding a helicopter crash that killed the country's interior minister and 13 others. Wednesday's crash outside Kyiv came as the head of NATO said at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos that allies were set to provide "heavier weapons" to the…

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov says Moscow ready to send mission to Armenia-Azerbaijan border

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to deploy troops to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to quell tensions between the two countries, but Yerevan's hardline position had so far prevented it.

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Russia’s Lavrov: West’s ‘Hybrid War’ Won’t Stop Moscow

Russia will achieve its objectives in Ukraine despite a “hybrid war” waged by the West against Moscow, the top Russian diplomat said Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the goals of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine are “determined by Russia’s core legitimate interests” and will be fulfilled. “There…

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Lavrov says Russia and China alert to Western 'games'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States was attempting to "contain" both Russia and China with the help of other countries, but they were alert to its "games".

Reuters

Lavrov says Russia's relations with Arab world are on the up

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was building its relations with the Arab world following the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions against it over Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia: Zelenskiy peace plan absurd, no serious proposal on table

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow had yet to see any serious proposals for peace in Ukraine and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's suggestions were absurd.

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov compares West's approach to Russia with Hitler's 'Final Solution'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew a sharp rebuke from the White House on Wednesday for saying the United States had assembled a coalition of European countries to solve "the Russian question" in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a "final solution" to eradicate Europe's Jews.

Reuters

Russia presses Azerbaijan to unblock road into enclave, Baku unmoved

Russia told Azerbaijan on Tuesday that a key road leading into the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh must be quickly cleared of protesters but Baku remained unmoved, according to differing accounts from the two sides.

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Arabs Divided over Syrian-Turkish Normalization and its Conditions

The United Arab Emirates – through senior officials - is seeking to join Russia in sponsoring the normalization of relations between Syria and Türkiye. The United States and Arab countries, meanwhile, are seeking to halt the normalization efforts, or at least, place conditions before they can be complete, signaling Arab…

The Independent UK

Russia will not negotiate under terms of Zelensky’s ‘peace formula’, Lavrov says

Russian minister says Zelensky ‘cherishes the illusion’ of driving out Russian forces with Western help

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