31 Quotes by Sergey Lavrov

We are awaiting final confirmation from the American side,

On a number of occasions, the documents shown to us were forged, in particular, they contained fake signatures of Russian officials,

must be aimed at making this happen, not making any threat which at this particular stage is not appropriate.

There is no collectively discussed and agreed strategy of what we all will be doing in the Security Council if the issue is there.

We need a new beginning and not an old ending,

We do not agree that this matter should be sent to the Security Council,

We have to wait until three presidents discuss the final text which is on the table, and as far as I am concerned I cannot vote tonight (Wednesday) until I hear from my president,

We got the memorandum, which everybody supports. ... That would be the best resolution, if any resolution is necessary, because the memorandum itself is part of international law.

We often hear from some countries that Russia is becoming strong and unpredictable. But this is not the case. In the 1990s, when the Commonwealth of Independent states was disintegrating and there were fears of Russia breaking up too, some people in the West said they wanted a strong and united Russia. Now we are here. They should be grateful.