News and events

2017-04-20
The Hague, April 20, 2017 Madam Chairperson, First of all, I would like to thank the delegations of Algeria, China, Sudan and South Africa for supporting the Russian-Iranian draft decision of th...
2017-04-28
For the second time Russia was represented with a joint country’s pavilion in the biggest European specialised event in the sphere of fisheries and fish processing Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Process...
2017-04-25
On April 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini ...
2017-04-24
Moscow, April 24, 2017 The negotiations were quite useful. We held substantive discussions on the key aspects of the current state of Russia-EU relations that are going through difficult times. At ...
2017-04-24
According to statements coming from the OSCE, on the morning of April 23, 2017 an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission vehicle returning from a patrol, experienced a mine explosion in the district of Slavy...
2017-04-24
Question: Mr Meshkov, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini is expected to come to Russia soon. What would be the ideal outcome of this visit from Moscow’s...
2017-04-19
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with BBC programme “Hard Talk”, 19 April 2017 © BBC copyright ...
2017-04-18
On 3-6 April, at the invitation of the Court of Justice of the European Union, a delegation of chair persons of regional courts of Russia led by the Deputy Director-General of the Judicial Department ...
2017-04-12
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini will pay a working visit to Russia on April 24 at the...
2017-04-11
Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the Syrian chemical dossier, 7 April 2017 The Russian Federation has invariably held ...
2017-04-10
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Euronews, 7 April 2017 Euronews: What was your first thought when you learned about the American strike in ...
2017-04-07
The United States conducted strikes against Syrian government troops in the early hours of April 7, using chemical weapons attacks in Idlib Province as a pretext. The US opted for a show of force...
2017-04-06
We have taken note of US Ambassador in Pristina Greg Delawie’s statement regarding US support for the initiative of creating a regular army of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo if the move is for...
2017-04-06
Brussels, 5 April 2017 Ladies and gentlemen, Indeed, the Syrian conflict is the worst crisis of our time. We are confident that it is not possible to resolve humanitarian problems without reachi...
2017-04-03
On 29 March Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, met Matthias Burchard, Head of the Representative Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palest...