122 Quotes by Sergei Lavrov

I know that Britain and the United States and others ship arms in the Middle East, 10 or maybe 100 times more than the Russian does.

We are against putting pressure on anyone, and bringing about regime changes.

What we did say is that it is up to the Syrians themselves to decide how to run the country, how to introduce the reforms, what kind reforms, without any outside interference.

When you buy a company at an auction, and you are committing yourself to pay some $300 million to the state because it was a privatization deal, and you don't pay it, is it OK? Isn't it something that deserves court procedures?

When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get.

Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power?

People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of force cannot produce a lasting long-term settlement.

On September 11, 2001, Russia's then-president, Vladimir Putin, called U.S. President George W. Bush - making Putin the first international leader to speak with Bush after the attacks.

I was authorized to say we are deeply concerned about the developments in Liberia, ... We appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance.