Sergey Lavrov Quotes (22 Quotes)

The British draft is not that clear and it is basically suggesting a procedure which would lead to deterioration of the situation further, and we cannot agree with something that would not be realistic.

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.

In our view, any solution should take into account the desirability, very high desirability, to continue to investigate into the past program of Iran so that all the questions which the international community has could be answered by the experts.

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

The fight against terrorism must be continued in the most decisive manner,

It's time to realize that one cannot combat one injustice by invoking and using another injustice,

We think there is no need at all for a resolution authorizing the end of inspections and basically leaving it to anyone to start using military means,

Generally and in principle when confidence in the Iranian nuclear program is re-established ... we could come back to the possible implementation of the right that Iran has to develop a nuclear energy sector full scale.

We don't want to be the ones to remind (everyone) who was right and who was not in Iraq, although the answer is obvious.

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.

What is most important for us in this situation is not our bilateral relations, our investments in the Iranian economy or our economic profit from cooperation with Iran. The highest priority for us in this situation is the prevention of the violation of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.

How many people must be killed. How many countries must be destabilized to punish that one person

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

Honestly speaking, we have modest expectations, but we will make every effort to avoid an escalation of the situation and the use of force.

is not ready for a vote.

The resolution was a compromise, but to make it possible, all participants made steps to accommodate.

There is no compromise new proposal.

adequate measures, including military ones, to ensure Russia's safety.

NATO is going beyond all borders. We are really disturbed over this barbaric action. We are outraged... and we call and demand an immediate investigation.

Documents that were shown to us were forged on a number of occasions,

we would be relying entirely on diplomatic means to achieve the full cooperation of Iraq on the issue of access.