Sergey Lavrov believes Israel provoking Iran, Hezbollah to push US into direct involvement in Mideast conflict

‘We welcome any steps that are aimed at stopping the bloodshed as soon as possible and ensuring a sustainable, permanent cease-fire,’ Lavrov tells news conference

The Russian minister remarked on the developments in the Middle East and said that “not everyone” wants a ceasefire. “Some parties involved in the conflict want to continue fighting because it serves their interest. They [want] to keep the situation violent and do not want a settlement, hoping for changes in the political scene.”

According to a statement by Russia’s Foreign Ministry Tuesday, Moscow and Tehran are set to accelerate work on a “major new interstate agreement” following a phone call yesterday between their foreign ministers who agreed to continue and speed up work on the process.

"The statistics announced by the heads of the United Nations and its various departments that work in the Middle East are appalling, the number of dead civilians, " he said in response to an Anadolu reporter’s question at a news conference in Skopje on results of the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) meeting.

"The Americans and the Europeans, who are used to looking down their noses at the rest of the world, are eager to make promises and undertake commitments, including written and legally binding ones, but are reluctant to fulfill them," Lavrov said

Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi hold phone conversation, says Russian Foreign Ministry

Statement by West that weapons it is supplying to Ukraine must not be used against territory of Russia is ‘just another lie,’ says Sergey Lavrov

Crises fall victim to ‘hypocrisy, colonial instincts’ of West, says Russian foreign minister

Commenting on peace plan for Ukraine, proposed by China, Russian Foreign Minister noted that it is consonant for key Russian approaches

Moscow will decide on prospect of holding talks with Western countries ‘when and if they sober up,’ says Sergey Lavrov

"Under the conditions of illegal restrictions imposed by the US and its satellites, it is fundamentally important to protect legitimate economic relations from illegal pressure from the West," Lavrov said at a press conference in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with his counterpart, Fuad Hussein.

The top diplomat noted that Moscow is taking necessary measures in order to prevent attempts to turn Ukraine into an even sharper threat to Russia’s security

According to the minister, Washington’s policy is based on selfish economic interests and ideological superiority complexes

The Russian Foreign Minister stressed that when the West finally realized that Moscow's statements were not empty requests, it turned hysterical

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Iran on June 22, and 23, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.

Russia has done everything in its power to resolve the nascent global food crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated.

US President Joe Biden's administration claimed that it pursued a diplomatic approach to Iran and an attempt to return to the JCPOA, but so far it took no steps to show its goodwill.

"Of course, when they accepted Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, how can they strengthen the security of the North Atlantic alliance, if it is a defensive alliance? This simply shows that NATO expansion has nothing to do with the fulfillment of its statutory goals, that this is the development of territories under the US command in line with strengthening ...

"Substitution of notions often takes place. When something happens, like mass protests, demonstrations that they [the West] don’t like, they immediately call it domestic terrorism. It’s a war. It’s a war that involves methods of information terrorism. There is no doubt about this," he said.