TEHRAN, May 24 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is planning to visit North Korea, in a development announced more than two weeks before a summit is supposed to be held between the leaders of the United States and North Korea.
TEHRAN, May 23 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to North Korea for a visit on May 31, the RBC news portal wrote on Wednesday, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.
TEHRAN, April 24 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday the United States had no intention to leave Syria despite Washington saying it had such plans, the RIA state news agency said.
TEHRAN, April 24 - Despite Donald Trump's claims, the US is actively digging in the area of the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Syria and has no intention of leaving, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, April 23 -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country has not yet decided to supply advanced S-300 missile defense systems to Syria, adding that the issue will be made public if Moscow makes such a decision.
TEHRAN, March 30 -Russia will expel sixty US diplomats and close the US consulate in St. Petersburg, in a response mirroring the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats initiated by the US and UK, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
TEHRAN, February 28 - Russia says it has done its part to usher in calm in the militant-besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where it has announced a humanitarian pause, saying the ball is now in the court of militants and their supporters to make the truce in Syria work.
TEHRAN, February 19 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met in Russian on the sidelines of Valdai Discussion Club conference.
TEHRAN, February 15 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov agreed to cooperate on Iran’s nuclear deal as they met in Kuwait.
TEHRAN, February 6 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed Syrian developments in a phone call.
TEHRAN, January 20 -The US is working to create alternative government systems on Syrian territory which goes against its promises to respect the country’s territorial integrity, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
TEHRAN, January 16 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone conversation on Tuesday discussed the Syrian crisis and the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
TEHRAN, January 15 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow will work to preserve the existing Iran nuclear deal despite Washington threatening to withdraw from it.
TEHRAN, December 30 -Russia's FM has lightheartedly shared Moscow's 'international achievements' with the host of a Russian satirical show. With many elections to interfere in, only the Japanese emperor managed to buy more time in power, Lavrov said.
TEHRAN, December 25 - There is no new “Iron Curtain” between Russia and the US, the Russian Foreign Minister said, predicting that relations between the two world powers will improve, though time which could have been used to mend ties has been wasted.
TEHRAN, December 25 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Monday for the United States and North Korea to start negotiations, the RIA news agency reported.
TEHRAN, December 19 - Russia said it will do its best to return the situation around Jerusalem al-Quds to a constructive track, a day after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at annulling US President Donald Trump’s controversial move to recognize the city as Israel’s "capital."
TEHRAN, December 16 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow, Tehran and Ankara see eye to eye on the need to fight terrorism in Syria and maintain its territorial integrity despite pursuing different political agendas.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Russia is opposed to the militarization of Asia under the pretext of countering perceived threats from North Korea, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
TEHRAN, November 19 -Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Turkey to hold a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts over the conflict in Syria.