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🗓On May 11, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to #ASEAN H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov 🇷🇺 paid a courtesy call on the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to ASEAN H.E. Ambassador Aung Myo Myint 🇲🇲.
🌏 The diplomats discussed ASEAN-Russia agenda, as well as cooperation within the framework of ASEAN-led mechanisms including #ADMM-Plus where Russia and Myanmar are currently co-chairing Experts' Working Group on Counter Terrorism.
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s news conference on European security issues, Moscow, December 1, 2022 (excerpt):
💬 The West is acting to erode ASEAN, a comprehensive cooperation platform with such formats as the ASEAN Regional Forum, East Asia Summit and ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus, which have been generally recognised as backbone mechanisms of cooperation in the fields of security, the economy and other areas. They are doing their best to undermine these platforms. Security issues have been removed from the ASEAN agenda. The United States is trying to involve half of the ASEAN nations in its plans, and the other half are keeping away because they are aware of the risks involved.
❗️Washington is taking obviously destructive measures against the comprehensive mechanisms created in Europe and Asia Pacific to address security issues based on equality and a balance of interests.
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#AsiaPacific #ASEAN #ARF #ADMMPlus #EAS
Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto and Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Fomin on the sidelines of the 9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, took part in the
9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) on 23 November 2022 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
http://www.council.gov.ru/events/news/140129/
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"Most Southeast Asian Nations Oppose NATO's Expansion to the Region", Russian Envoy to ASEAN says
🇷🇺 Ambassador Ivanov on Indonesia's 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship, regional affairs and outcomes of the 17th EAS summit.
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On November 13, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the 17th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh.
During an exchange of views on the key international and regional problems, the Russian side underscored Russia’s consistent line on strengthening the multipolar world order and establishing positive, practice-oriented cooperation between countries in the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) aimed at counteracting the growing threats to its stable and progressive development, including in the context of the West-provoked global economic crisis involving dire consequences in the food and energy spheres.
🤝 Russia expressed support for ASEAN’s efforts to preserve its unity and maintain a multipolar, stable architecture of interstate relations in the APR, based on the principles of mutual respect and equality and involving a commitment to observe the balance of interests of all participants in the regional process.
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🔹During the exchange of views on key issues on the international and regional agenda, the Russian side emphasized its inalterable approach to strengthening the multipolar world order, establishing positive practice-oriented cooperation between the countries of the Asia-Pacific region aimed at countering the evolving threats to its stable and progressive development, including amid the global economic crisis provoked by the West with severe consequences in the food and energy sectors.
⚡️The risks related to the "globalization" of #NATO and the Western thread on the militarization of the Asia-Pacific region, including through the formation of a military-technological infrastructure on the AUKUS platform (US-UK-Australia), with its conjugation with the Euro-Atlantic power potential were particularly emphasized. The attention of the partners from #ASEAN was drawn to the false bottom of the "Indo-Pacific" projects starting from the block platforms, that base their activities not on the broadest possible cooperation, but on the objectives of deterrence and counteraction.
🤝Russia expressed support for ASEAN's efforts to preserve the unity of the organization and maintain a multipolar, sustainable architecture of interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific region, based on the principles of mutual respect and equality, as well as maintaining a balance of interests of all participants of the regional process.
ASEAN-organized summit events had taken steps to further strengthen relations between the Association and other institutions of the Eurasian space with a positive agenda and in the interests of building broad cross-platform cooperation. There were contacts between ASEAN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming delivered the address at the opening of the #EAS plenary session.
🔹The Russian side spoke in favor of building up non-politicized applied cooperation within the East Asia Summit framework, including in the context of harmonization of the new mid-term EAS Plan of Actions – a roadmap of its activities for 2023-2027.
🇷🇺Russia has put forward the idea of launching a collective response mechanism to pandemic threats on the EAS platform. It could have become a good practical outcome of longstanding efforts to promote cooperation in this area, with its key aspects reflected in the EAS relevant top-level statement, adopted in 2020 following our country’s proposal.
We drew the partners’ attention to the need to fulfill the objectives, set in the Russia-initiated 2021 Leaders’ Statement on developing cooperation in tourism. The Russian side noted the importance of an early organization of a meeting of the heads of relevant authorities of the EAS States Parties, aimed to launch the programs of targeted interaction to stimulate the post-pandemic economic recovery of the countries of the region.
🔸The Russian proposals to establish cooperation among the volunteer organizations to deepen the region-wide humanitarian interconnectedness received ASEAN’s active support.
О 17-м Восточноазиатском саммите
🗓 13 ноября в Пномпене Министр иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лавров принял участие в 17-м Восточноазиатском саммите (ВАС).
В ходе обмена мнениями по ключевым проблемам международной и региональной повестки дня российской стороной акцентирована неизменная линия нашей страны на укрепление многополярного миропорядка, налаживание позитивной практико-ориентированной кооперации между странами Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона (АТР) в целях противодействия растущим угрозам его стабильному и поступательному развитию, в том числе в контексте спровоцированного Западом глобального экономического кризиса с тяжелейшими последствиями в продовольственной и энергетической сферах.
⚡️ Отдельный акцент был сделан на рисках, связанных с «глобализацией» НАТО и линией Запада на милитаризацию АТР, в том числе путем формирования – через сопряжение с силовым потенциалом Евро-Атлантики – военно-технологической инфраструктуры на платформе АУКУС (США-Великобритания-Австралия). Внимание асеановских партнеров было обращено на «двойное дно» стартующих с блоковых платформ «индо-тихоокеанских» проектов.
🤝 Россия выразила поддержку усилиям АСЕАН по сохранению единства организации и поддержанию в АТР многополярной, основанной на принципах взаимного уважения и равноправия устойчивой архитектуры межгосударственных отношений с соблюдением баланса интересов всех участников регионального процесса.
В рамках программы мероприятий саммитов, организованных «десяткой», предприняты шаги по дальнейшему укреплению связей между Ассоциацией и другими работающими на евразийском пространстве объединениями с позитивной повесткой дня в интересах выстраивания широкого кроссплатформенного сотрудничества. Проведены контакты между АСЕАН и Шанхайской организацией сотрудничества (ШОС). Генеральный секретарь ШОС Чжан Мин выступил на открытии пленарного заседания ВАС.
🔸 Российская сторона высказалась за наращивание неполитизированного прикладного взаимодействия в рамках Восточноазиатского саммита.
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#RussiaASEAN Ministerial in Phnom Penh.
🤝 Foreign Ministers of 11 nations, including Sergey Lavrov are participating.
🤝 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov participates in the 12th meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the #EastAsiaSummit participating countries
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🔴 #LIVE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following visit to Cambodia 🇷🇺🇰🇭
🔗 https://alert.ruptly.tv/event/62ebfc115c3d7b666d4e3806/22259/English
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video
🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 On August 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of ASEAN, ARF, and EAS events in Phnom Penh.
☝️ The two ministers expressed their satisfaction with the momentum Russia and China have generated in promoting their relations, which have been immune to external developments. They noted the consistency with which the two countries have been stepping up their practical cooperation and foreign policy coordination in keeping with the agreements reached by their respective heads of state.
🤝 During the conversation, the two ministers had a detailed exchange of views on bilateral interactions within ASEAN, ARF, and EAS formats, emphasising the need to support the security architecture with ASEAN at its core in light of proactive efforts by the United States and its satellites to build exclusive bloc-based structures in the Asia-Pacific Region.
#RussiaChina
🇷🇺🇰🇭 On August 4-5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had meetings with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn during his visit to Phnom Penh for ASEAN ministerial events.
🤝 Sergey Lavrov and Hun Sen discussed the current state and development plans for bilateral cooperation in politics, trade, the economy, investment, science and technology, as well as culture and education.
☝️ Following the talks, the ministers adopted a joint statement and signed a plan of consultations between the Foreign Ministry of Russia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia for 2022-2024.
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💬 FM Sergey Lavrov: On August 6, 1945, the United States launched a nuclear attack against Hiroshima and three days later against Nagasaki.
To this day, the terrible death of innocent civilians strikes a chord with millions of people on our planet. It is hard to fully understand what the masterminds and perpetrators of such an inhumane act were guided by.
The Soviet offensive in the Far East, as part of the agreements between the Allies, not only liberated China and Korea, but also took away Japan’s motivation to continue military operations. In that situation, atomic bombings by the United States were in fact a show of force and an operational test of nuclear weapons on civilians.
🇺🇸 United States was the first and only country to use this type of weapons of mass destruction.
(excerpt from Sergey Lavrov’s message to the participants of the memorial ceremony in Hiroshima on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing, August 6, 2020)
⭐️ Precious memorable moments of our ASEAN friends participating in the complex training “The use of Modern Molecular Genetic Technologies in Ensuring Biological Safety” in Vladivostok, Russia 🇷🇺. 🙏
🎓 1-year project, held under the auspices ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership, was aimed at increasing the ASEAN countries capacity for early detection and diagnosis of infectious diseases by improving the skills of specialists in the field of epidemiology, virology and bacteriology.
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✍️ More than 50 experts from ASEAN Member States took part in a number of trainings and seminars organised by the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare) in Vladivostok 🇷🇺.
1-year project on “The Use of Modern Molecular Genetic Technologies in Ensuring Biological Safety” was held under the auspices ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership and was aimed at increasing the ASEAN countries capacity for early detection and diagnosis of infectious diseases by improving the skills of specialists in the field of epidemiology, virology and bacteriology.
#RussiaASEAN
On 22 November, on the sidelines of on the ADMM-Plus events in Cambodia, Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel General Alexander Fomin held talks with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence of the Kingdom of Cambodia General Tea Banh.
Aleksandr Fomin thanked Cambodia for the invitation and warm welcome.
“The ADMM-Plus framework is highly important not only for the states of the region but also for other countries, including Russia. Since the launch of this framework, we have been taking a very active part in it,” said the Russian Deputy Defence Minister.
Alexander Fomin also noted that this year marks the 66th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Cambodia. "We interact in all fields – economic, political, cultural as well as military and military-technical spheres. Russia will make every effort to strengthen the security and defence capabilities of our states,” he stressed.
#RussiaCambodia #ASEANRussia #ADMMPlus
Выступаю в качестве главы российской делегации на 43-й генеральной ассамблее Межпарламентской ассамблеи АСЕАН в Пномпене, Камбоджа.
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✍️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent condolences to President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo 🇷🇺🇮🇩 in connection with numerous fatalities and large-scale destruction following an earthquake in West Java province.
🙏 The Russian President asked Joko Widodo to convey words of sincere sympathy and support to the victims’ families and friends and wishes for a speedy recovery to all those injured as a result of the disaster.
#RussiaIndonesia
✍ 67 experts of law enforcement agencies of ASEAN Member States attended training course on "Economic fundamentals of countering terrorism financing" held by Kransnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on 15-17 November 2022. The training was organised as a part of capacity building efforts by the Russian Ministry of Interior🇷🇺 for ASEANAPOL.
Always glad to work together with our ASEAN friends for our common goals to fight new challenges and threats 🤝
🎙 Пресс-конференция С.В.Лаврова по итогам Восточноазиатского саммита (Пномпень, Камбоджа. 13 ноября 2022 года).
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💬 Состоявшаяся дискуссия подтвердила наш анализ процессов, разворачивающихся в течение продолжительного времени в этом регионе.
США и их союзники, а также Североатлантический альянс сейчас пытаются «освоить» Азиатско-Тихоокеанское пространство. Недавно была выдвинута концепция Индо-Тихоокеанских стратегий, в рамках которой продвигаются форматы, отнюдь не открытые для всех желающих. Более того, они конкурируют с инклюзивными структурами, созданными вокруг АСЕАН <...> Продвигаются закрытые инициативы по организации наблюдения за морской деятельностью. Люди, понимающие, о чём идёт речь, напрямую связывают это с «необходимостью» конфронтационных действий Запада в Южно-Китайском море.
☝️ Наши друзья из КНР это прекрасно понимают. 🇷🇺🇨🇳 Вместе с ними мы отстаиваем целесообразность и необходимость сохранения форматов, созданных вокруг АСЕАН, уважения центральной роли, которую играет Ассоциация в происходящих процессах в окружающем её регионе.
Налицо тенденция к милитаризации региона путём сопряжения усилий союзников США – Австралии, Новой Зеландии, Японии с расширением присутствия НАТО в АТР.
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Изложив принципиальные оценки, мы подчеркнули однозначный для нас приоритет не в полемических дискуссий, а в продвижении в рамках ВАС конкретных проектов взаимодействия.
Сегодня получила поддержку еще одна инициатива России - по развитию волонтёрского движения, организации контактов между волонтёрскими организациями стран-участниц ВАС как вклада в решение задач подключения гражданского общества в продвижение гуманитарных контактов.
⚠️ На саммите не было принято каких-либо коллективных решений, поскольку 🇺🇸 США и их западные коллеги настаивали на абсолютно неприемлемом языке в отношении ситуации на Украине и вокруг неё. Всё, о чём я говорю, в том числе о направлениях дальнейшего сотрудничества будет отражено в коммюнике, которое выпустит от своего имени председательство Камбоджи.
🇷🇺On 13 November #Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov took part in the 17th #EastAsiaSummit in #PhnomPenh.
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Гала-ужин Восточноазиатского саммита в Камбодже
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🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the #RussiaASEAN Post Ministerial Conference
💬 I am pleased to state that despite the current international turbulence, we are expanding the range of our dialogue, enhancing the level of our industry-specific platforms, and deepening trade, economic and humanitarian ties.
I would like to mention separately the implementation of the joint initiatives in science and technology during the current Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
We believe that our entire system of cooperation, including our multilateral and bilateral ties, objectively facilitates the consolidation of the regional architecture for security and sustainable development.
🇷🇺 Russia consistently supports many integration platforms and projects and the pooling of their efforts to promote a unifying, future-oriented agenda.
MFA Spokeswoman M.Zakharova:
The Russian delegation is taking part in the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Mr.Blinken is sitting within 2 meters from Mr.Lavrov. Do you think he will reach out to buttonhole Sergey Viktorovitch?
Don’t show this picture to the White House. Firstly, they will get sad when they see Mr.Lavrov in the midst of “isolation”. Secondly, they will have to comment somehow on the story of the buttonholes – reply as to why Secretary of State didn’t grab the Russian Foreign Minister by his accessories.
📜 Foreign Ministry statement on the results of the #RussiaASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
✅ The Russia - ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting co-chaired by the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Cambodia showed that the Russia - ASEAN strategic partnership is unaffected by the geopolitical environment.
✅ The ASEAN countries welcomed Russia’s firm support for the Association’s central role in the regional architecture and unity of its states, and the active role of our country in ASEAN-centric mechanisms, including the East Asian Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum on security and the meeting of the ASEAN Defence Ministers and Dialogue Partners.
✅ The participants reaffirmed their plans to hold a second round of Russia-ASEAN consultations of senior security officials and the second dialogue on cybersecurity in the latter half of 2022.
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🇷🇺🇧🇳 On August 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam Dato Erywan Yusof on the sidelines of ASEAN events in Phnom Penh.
🤝 The sides discussed in a traditionally friendly and constructive spirit the current aspects of bilateral cooperation and Russia-Brunei interaction in international and regional affairs. They also reaffirmed mutual commitment to strengthening Russia-ASEAN strategic partnership.
#RussiaBrunei
🇷🇺🇹🇭 On August 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Don Pramudwinai on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial events in Phnom Penh.
🤝 The two Ministers discussed the state and future of bilateral cooperation, including the political dialogue, trade, economic ties and humanitarian and cultural exchanges. They paid special attention to holding cultural events in both countries to mark the 125th anniversary of Russia-Thailand diplomatic relations in 2022.
The foreign ministers reaffirmed their commitment to stepping up cooperation within international and regional platforms, including within multilateral associations in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as their commitment to adding more substance to the Russia-ASEAN strategic partnership.
📄 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY THROUGH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES AND PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY
✍️ Adopted on the Fifth of August in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two (2022) at the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia.
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☝️ RECOGNISING the impacts and uncertainties posed by the growing complexities of regional and global security challenges, including traditional and non-traditional security issues, and ACKNOWLEDGING that such challenges require a holistic and comprehensive approach to address these challenges;
☝️ RECOGNISING the continued relevance of the ARF and the commitment of its members in promoting and maintaining peace, security and stability in the region and its vital role in building confidence and trust amongst its participants;
☝️ REAFFIRMING the role of #ASEAN as the primary driving force of the ARF and emphasizing that the active, and equal participation and cooperation of all ARF participants is critical for the success of the ARF;
DO HEREBY ENDEAVOUR TO:
✅ Commit to maintain and promote peace, stability and prosperity through confidence building measures and preventive diplomacy in the spirit of upholding the fundamental principles of international law as reflected in the UN Charter and ASEAN basic principles, and shared values and norms;
✅ Support ASEAN Centrality as driving force in upholding an open, transparent and inclusive regional architecture based on the principles of international law;
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📄 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT ON REITERATING COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE SOUTHEAST ASIA AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREEZONE
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☝️ Noting that the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty) entered into force on 27 March 1997 and 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty;
☝️ Noting that the current security context requires more efforts to strengthen the indispensable role of the IAEA in nuclear non-proliferation verification through safeguards implementation and efforts to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards regime including through universalization of the Additional Protocol;
☝️ Recalling the UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1540 (2004) and the Comprehensive Reviews on the status of its implementation, whose aim is to prevent non-state actors from getting access to nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their means of delivery and related materials;
HEREBY DECIDES TO:
✅ Reaffirm the efforts of ARF Participants at the national, regional and international levels to promote nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, strengthen nuclear safety and security, and combat nuclear terrorism;
✅ Reiterate support to the efforts of preserving Southeast Asia as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone and free of all other weapons of mass destruction consistent with the SEANWFZ Treaty and the ASEAN Charter;
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