122 Quotes by Sergei Lavrov

Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform.

Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia.

Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms.

I don't want to say that sanctions are ridiculous and that we couldn't care less; these are not pleasant things... We find little joy in that, but there are no painful sensations. We have lived through tougher times.

Do not form your judgment about our military doctrine from the assessments given by NATO representatives.

You know that we are not in the regime-change game. We are against interference in domestic conflicts.

Even the state TV channels are not monolithic in their pro-government line, and the views they express are quite pluralistic.

All members of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have this right,

Every country has its political face and political traditions.