Good afternoon,
Today we will start not with traditional topics, but with the World Cup.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup is in full swing and its group stage is coming to a close.
We are all following it closely and are primarily interested in good play.
I don't think it makes sense questioning how the teams, coaches and the people who are organising their work and stay have assessed what they have seen in Russia.
I think you have seen the many posts on this subject in social media.
Now the dominant topic is how people in Russia are receiving their guests, doing this in the Russian tradition with an open heart and mind.
This is quite surprising.
We did not even expect such a response from ourselves.
Of course, we note that the overwhelming majority of foreign media do not hesitate to publish objective articles on sports that really describe what is happening
at the World Cup in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other cities that are hosting this celebration of sport.
We are glad to note that the success of the World Cup in Russia is acknowledged even by those who were dubious about this event and Russia in general.
Recently Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius admitted that he does not see any effect from the idea of Ukrainian Minister for Sport Igor Zhdanov
to boycott the World Cup that was supported by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and the authorities of some other countries.
As we said, reality is the best argument in countering propaganda and the tendency to engage in wishful thinking.
Here is the answer to the issue of Russia's isolation.
Do not listen to those who claim that Russia is isolated.
They are lying.
They wanted to isolate it but failed.
The main thing that we are seeing today is the division of people into those who wanted and are still trying to isolate it and normal ordinary people all over the world who have their own political views
and preferences and who understand that such notions as "peace," "neighbourliness" and "sport for the sake of peace" are above any attempts to politicise these issues.
Surprisingly, those who came to us before could understand the difference between the truth and lies because they had what to compare them with.
Despite the intimidation the media have still arrived here and see with their own eyes what is happening.
As you know, official delegations and representatives of the political establishment of different countries are coming here.
For example, there is Princess Hisako Takamado, who had never visited Russia before coming for the World Cup.
The Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald wrote that she was the first member of the Japanese Imperial Family to visit Russia and quotes her as saying that it was a great honour for her.
We are glad that this information is read by people in foreign countries.
The Polish media that, regrettably, can hardly be suspected of harboring special affection for Russia also note that all conditions have been created for the fans and that they have unique opportunities to enjoy this celebration of sport.
For example, in the opinion of the first Polish radio station RMF FM, "Moscow's preparation for the World Cup has been excellent."
The media of the Baltic countries that initially wrote, to our great regret, that nothing will come of this event and there is no point attending because Russians mess up everything, are now writing in a friendly tone.
In brief, we are witnessing the victory of reality over artificial stereotypes that are really being ingrained into the minds of philistines.
Correspondent Oliver Carroll from The Independent, a British newspaper, begins his article about "English fans fraternising with Russians" and gives historical insight into bilateral relations.
There are many such pieces in Europe, Asia and Africa.
The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph wrote that England's match in Volgograd was "perhaps the friendliest of tournament football matches."
It is very important because Great Britain tried to scare football fans and hooligans with the spectre of Russian aggression.
You can remember the horrible and scandalous BBC films released a year and a half ago: British fans cannot go because they will allegedly get beaten.
In his interview with the Belfast Telegraph British fan Billy Grant said that he was still a little nervous when he departed the plane, but when he got to the city and took a walk around the fan zone, people hugged him and took pictures with him.
"I would say to everybody – don't believe what you read, come out and see it for yourselves."
His colleague, when answering the question whether they believed negative stories about Russia, said he had seen everything with his own eyes and did not believe them anymore.
The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet notes that Russia was at its best in organising the World Cup and people the newspaper's correspondent spoke to were surprised that there was no violence or disorder during the World Cup.
TV 2 Norg correspondent Oystein Bogen describes the situation like this: "Now I can see better why people feel so good during world cups.
It is amazing entertainment.
This is fraternisation that knows no national borders, and it is an impressive event.
The host country should be honoured for everything it has achieved."
Unfortunately, the traditional negativity is still here.
The US newspaper the Wall Street Journal has published a piece in which correspondent Joshua Robinson writes that Russia's "breathless" victories over its first two opponents "have raised plenty of questions" due to the doping scandals in Sochi.
Who exactly has raised them and what questions are these?
We have already published an article on this topic.
I would like to repeat that we call on those in doubt to read the conclusion of the anti-doping commission and the FIFA press service's statement that says the investigation of Russian footballers on the World Cup preliminary list are over and all cases are closed.
In addition to biased and propagandistic information, there are outright fakes.
Apparently it is difficult to believe that Russia is not the barbaric country they wrote about, so western media descend to fakes.
A photo with dozens of dog carcasses was posted in social networks.
Of course, it was said to be an illustration for the World Cup in Russia.
Later it turned out that the picture was not taken in Russia but in Pakistan.
The picture's author, Reuters photographer Akhtar Soomro, was also found.
The photo was taken in Karachi on August 4, 2016.
The original picture was restored.
It is clear the picture was not taken in Russia, but unfortunately agencies started to use it: in particular, AFP posted it alongside text on the situation in Russia on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Unfortunately, it came to outright fakes.
More false information came from CNN.
Allegedly Mohamed Salah, forward of Egypt's team and English club Liverpool, "is considering quitting the Egyptian national team due to his unhappiness over what has happened in Chechnya."
There should have been an official statement of the team with a direct quote from the footballer before publishing this on television.
The press service of the Egyptian Football Federation said it has no information about Salah's intention to quit.
Such dirty tricks are also used.
We have heard a lot about Russia planning to use upcoming sports competitions for political purposes.
We can see how, unfortunately, this sporting event is being used for political purposes in other countries.
There are indeed many examples.
We always emphasise that sport lies outside politics and politicisation actually kills sporting events and hurts the athletes.
I cannot help saying the following. We were simply shocked by the Freedom of the Media OSCE event in Kiev that somehow ended up being linked with the World Cup.
Are there any problems with the accreditation of journalists or any cases of non-admission to events?
As far as I know, everything is transparent, clear and logically organised.
Most importantly, we have not heard any complaints from journalists.
How it is possible to link these two things is completely incomprehensible.
The German media outdid everyone else in politicising the FIFA World Cup.
Let them forgive me, this is just impossible to read.
Every day for the past few weeks, they have been issuing endless calls for their political leadership and politicians, and the general public to not travel to Russia.
Day after day, the same materials in German.
I do not know who they are targeting; hardly a Russian audience; maybe the German players.
Maybe the German national team, having read the calls to political figures to not attend the matches, took this as an instruction.
Now there is an actual reason to not go to Russia – there is nothing more to see.
But this is just an assumption.
I would like to quote a few statements from the tournament participants, which, unfortunately, have to leave Russia having not made it past the group stage.
So they have formed a final opinion from what they have seen.
The national team of Iceland, which, by the way, won the hearts of many Russians who sincerely cheered and supported and celebrated their victories,
and took their pain of failure close to heart, posted the following message on Twitter: "This FIFA World Cup has been such an epic ride.
We left everything, absolutely everything, on the pitch tonight and will go out with our heads held up high.
Thank you to the best supporters in the world.
Thank you Russia for such a warm welcome."
After the game with Spain, the Moroccan goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, said that Russia had good stadiums, friendly people and very beautiful cities.
And the Nigerian national team's midfielder, John Obi Mikel, who has worked wonders during this tournament, gave journalists the following comment:
"We are treated very well in Russia, everyone supports us, and there are no manifestations of racism. It's even amazing how much we are supported here."
This, despite the fact that racism and the football fans were highlighted in many Western media publications, which discouraged people from coming to Russia.
We will continue to follow this subject and support the players, and most of all support good, high-quality and beautiful football, and the Russian national team.
Now let's move on to the traditional topics.
Let's start with the schedule of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.
On July 4, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ayman Safadi is expected to come to Russia on a working visit.
Ayman Safadi will meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to exchange opinions on current international and regional issues,
primarily a settlement in Syria in the context of a de-escalation zone created by Russia, the United States and Jordan, as well as developments on the Palestinian-Israeli track.
The ministers will also discuss the further development of bilateral cooperation.
Russian-Jordanian dialogue is noted for the high level of mutual trust and the close or identical views held by the two sides on many key international and regional issues.
Now, our traditional rubric: The main issues of Russian foreign policy.
Current situation in Syria
The situation in Syria remains complicated.
The unwillingness of the radical Syrian opposition and its sponsors to take any reciprocal steps towards peace and a political settlement based on UN Security Council Resolution 2254 has invigorated the remaining terrorist groups.
Jabhat al-Nusra and diehard ISIS terrorists are making use of the power vacuum in the regions that are not controlled by the Syrian Government to build up their combat capability and have staged new provocations.
Regrettably, this also describes the situation in the southern de-escalation zone, which was created under trilateral agreements between Russia, the United States
and Jordan and approved in the November 11, 2017 statement by the presidents of Russia and the United States and the decisions adopted in the Astana format.
Contrary to their obligations, our partners have not managed to convince the armed opposition to comply with the ceasefire regime and are not fighting extremist groups, such as ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra/al Qaeda,
as well as other groups that have been designated by the UN Security Council as terrorist. Ultimately, this has prevented the attainment of the stated goal of removing foreign terrorist fighters from the de-escalation zone.
Instead of gradually reintegrating the de-escalation zone into the national territory within the framework of efforts to maintain Syria's unity and sovereignty, continued efforts were taken to separate the southwestern region from the rest of the country.
The Syrian Government has not regained control of border checkpoints, and the Syrian-Jordanian border has not opened to commercial and civilian cargoes,
contrary to the provisions of the Russian-US-Jordanian Memorandum of Principles concluded on November 8, 2017.
Instead, missile and artillery shelling was launched from the de-escalation zone at Daraa and Suwayda, in which civilians have been killed.
On June 24, the Syrian Government forces launched an offensive in southwestern Syria to eradicate the terrorists and restore the country's integrity.
By June 25, the Syrian Army liberated the Lajat Plateau and a large town of Bosr al-Harir in the Daraa Province from the al-Nusra groups and forced ISIS units to leave the villages of Qus Abu Jabal and Tell Mughir in the east of the neighbouring Suwayda Province.
It is notable that a large part of local armed groups, outraged by the harassment of local residents by al-Nusra fighters, have gone over to the Syrian Army.
Russian servicemen from the Centre for Reconciliation in Syria are doing all they can to help negotiate ceasefire agreements between the Syrian Government and armed opposition groups who are not cooperating with terrorists.
Russia has not withdrawn from the memorandums on the de-escalation zone in southwestern Syria, which it signed with the United States and Jordan on July 7, 2017 and November 8, 2017.
We reaffirm the need to comply with the provisions of these memorandums, in particular, on fighting Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS terrorists and eradicating their presence in the de-escalation zone.
What the Syrian Army supported by Russia's Aerospace Forces are doing now should have been done long ago by our American partners.
At the same time, a recent decision by the US administration to allocate an additional $6.6 million to finance the operation of the so-called White Helmets in Syria has set us thinking whether Washington really wants to see an early settlement and stabilisation and the eradication of terrorism in Syria.
A great deal has been said about the questionable activities of the White Helmets, who are directly involved in the Western information war against Syria,
in particular the staging of chemical attacks.
In fact, the United States and the US-led coalition continue to support the stooges who are acting in collusion with terrorists.
I want to speak on another painful problem in the drawn-out Syrian crisis – refugees and internally displaced persons.
To resolve this problem, in addition to ensuring a high level of security the country must rebuild vital economic and social facilities.
Refugees cannot return home if there is no electricity or water, no regular supplies of food and basic necessities, and no schools or medical facilities.
The main thing is to create jobs so that people will be able to feed their families and bring up their children.
Russian servicemen continue to clear explosive devices from the liberated populated areas.
Their work is a major contribution to creating conditions for a voluntary, safe and dignified return of thousands upon thousands of Syrians to their homes.
We welcome any international initiatives aimed at providing assistance to Syria and the Syrian people and promoting an early settlement of the situation in Syria on a solid basis of international law, primarily UN Security Council Resolution 2254.
On May 29, the Russian Consulate General in Erbil managed to repatriate Russian minors, namely, Sofia Galidova (born December 15, 2013) and Salma Galidova (born July 15, 2015), with the assistance of authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Their father, Russian citizen Gajimurad Galidov (born August 21, 1990) and mother, a citizen of Azerbaijan T. Guseinova (born February 1, 1993),
are staying at a pretrial detention centre of the counter-terrorism service in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The authorities are investigating their alleged complicity in ISIS terrorist activities.
Their mother has decided to keep the third child, G. Gajimuradovich (born March 6, 2018), a Russian citizen, with her.
The parents of Gajimurad Galidov repatriated the Galidov sisters from Iraqi Kurdistan, with the Russian Consulate General assisting them after their arrival in Erbil and their subsequent stay there.
According to local authorities, G Gajimuradovich is currently the only Russian minor staying with his parents at a detention centre in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The Russian Foreign Ministry continues to closely follow the situation concerning presumed Russian citizens who surfaced on previously ISIS-controlled territories in Iraq via the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and the Russian Consulate General in Erbil.
We are doing everything possible to verify their Russian citizenship, to objectively review their cases as well as to eventually ensure their repatriation.
Now we turn to a number of important, but sadly sad questions...
Day after day, we can see how representatives of the Western community are exterminating the international legal foundations of our world's existence, while claiming that they are preserving and upholding them.
We commented the other day on the situation concerning the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Human Rights Council.
We did not consider this matter to be something new or unexpected.
We noted that, unfortunately, the United States was regularly dealing blows against the UN Human Rights Council as well as UNESCO.
This comes as another salvo against international organisations of the UN family and the entire system of international law.
On June 27, a special session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and on their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention), convened on the initiative of several Western countries headed by the United Kingdom, ended in The Hague.
By resorting to political manipulations and directly bribing a number of delegations and resorting to open blackmail, London and other parties allegedly advocating efforts to consolidate the Chemical Weapons Convention have managed
to railroad their odious draft resolution vesting the OPCW's Technical Secretariat with powers that are not within its purview, i.e., allowing it to determine those guilty of using chemical weapons in Syria.
Moreover, the very same document instructs the Director-General of the OPCW's Technical Secretariat to submit proposals for the establishment of a similar investigative mechanism to provide technical assistance to other states, parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention,
at their request, in exposing perpetrators, masterminds and sponsors of using chemical agents as weapons on specific national territories.
These proposals are to be approved at a regular session of the Conference in November 2018.
We consider this resolution to be illegitimate.
We have to state openly that the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, has transcended its mandate, while approving this document.
Russia which co-founded the OPCW and which decided to join the Convention was a member of an entirely different Organisation.
The OPCW was clearly expected to provide technical assistance to national programmes for eliminating chemical weapons.
A mechanism stipulating, if necessary, amendments to specific aspects of its activities suited everyone.
One should not forget that the OPCW's subject matter and goals include efforts to abstain from developing, manufacturing, stockpiling, preserving and using chemical weapons, as well as inciting or encouraging anyone to engage in such activities.
The Convention's Article I contains an exhaustive list of methods to implement the above-mentioned obligations by conscientiously fulfilling a number of purely technical measures that aim to eliminate chemical weapons,
as well as CW production and storage facilities, and to refrain from using chemical agents for riot control purposes and also in warfare.
The OPCW plays a purely applied role in providing the states, parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, with technical and expert assistance to accomplish the above-mentioned tasks and to conduct verification procedures.
Therefore the Convention contains no provisions implying the possibility of establishing a special mechanism to expose those guilty of using chemical weapons.
We believe that it is a priori impossible to vest the OPCW's Technical Secretariat with such powers without analysing the Convention itself and without amending it under a procedure stipulated by Article XV.
Being aware of the futility of any attempts to legally approve these amendments that essentially encroach on the authority of the UN Security Council, the United Kingdom and countries solidarising with it have resorted
to outright forgery and have cynically substituted the OPCW's genuine goals and tasks by railroading an illegitimate resolution of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
At the same time, they hypocritically overlook the fact that one of the Convention's main goals, namely, the complete elimination of chemical weapons, has not been achieved so far.
They are painstakingly hushing up the fact that a Western country boasting the most powerful chemical weapons arsenal and constantly putting off its elimination deadlines continues to violate its obligations under the Convention.
The initiators of this illegitimate decision are diverting attention to a completely different task, namely, determining the culprits of alleged chemical incidents.
They have forced 82 countries to vote for the British draft document using unscrupulous methods, and now they will try to impose their harmful opinion on the remaining 111 states, conscientious members of the OPCW.
We are confident that this obvious abuse of procedural regulations, the undermining of the spirit of consensus which is a salient feature of global disarmament and non-proliferation mechanisms and disdain for the position of all other states, parties to the OPCW,
having equal rights aggravates divisions within the OPCW, threatens the Convention's integrity and the very preservation of the global regime of chemical disarmament and non-proliferation of chemical weapons.
We would like to thank all states that have resolutely stood up in defence of international law and fundamental principles of interstate relations on a par with the Russian Federation
and voted against the odious British-sponsored draft resolution of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Conference, whose consequences all of us will now have to overcome.
Another solution or say a step of desperation ...
Some strange action but absolutely in the same direction ...
This time we are talking about the actions of the American delegation to the UN.
Ahead of the UN High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States opening in New York on June 27, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley levelled harsh criticism at a number of countries,
including Russia, Syria, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, which had allegedly pressured the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT) to prevent civil-society organisations from attending the event.
At the same time, media reports started to come out with references to anonymous sources in the US Administration and claiming that Washington decided to withhold the funding of $2 million promised to the OCT and to reduce its participation in the Conference.
When asked whether this measure was due to the OCT being headed by a Russian (Vladimir Voronkov), the response was that "it matters."
This is not the first time that our American colleagues have turned a situation upside down.
However, the forms and methods involved are becoming increasingly vulgar and offensive.
Taking into account the sensitive nature of the issues discussed, the counter-terrorist international conference was originally planned as exclusively a forum of official representatives of member states, heads of counter-terrorism agencies.
Several weeks before the conference, the United States and several other Western countries began exerting powerful pressure on the OCT in the form of an ultimatum and demanding participation of "civil society."
The format in which the Conference was eventually organised provides for the heads of counter-terrorist agencies to meet behind closed doors on the first day and, starting from the second day, for the discussion to continue with the invited NGOs.
Now, as the conference is taking place,
Now, as the conference is taking place, the US is, for some reason, making a scandal out of it.
The US Ambassador, Nikki Haley, has crossed the line and has no qualms speculating that the decision to deny access to the NGOs was allegedly taken under Russia's pressure.
We regard such statements as unacceptable and false.
Unfortunately, the US Ambassador's behaviour, which seems odd for a diplomat, fits well with the disregard for the UN that is typical of the US delegation, and indicates that the United States is not ready for an equitable dialogue between states.
Methods based on diktat, threats and blackmail, financial blackmail included as a new variety, against the UN, which have been increasingly practiced
by the US when something goes against its directives, fully contradicts the goals and objectives of the United Nations, its working principles and diplomacy in general.
We strongly condemn this provocation aimed at discrediting the first ever UN Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies, held in order to discuss an issue that is of utmost importance to humanity.
At a time when the entire world needs to close ranks in the fight against this evil, Washington continues to pursue its narrow self-seeking interests and is eying new geopolitical counterterrorism projects based on double standards.
By reducing its participation in the Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies, the United States is challenging the multilateral cooperation against the global terrorist threat as well as individual countries that are involved in an uncompromising struggle against terrorists across the world.
We consider the references to the nationality of the Under-Secretary of the United Nations Vladimir Voronkov coming from the US Administration in this situation as yet another accusation
and a sign of the Russophobic hysteria that took root in the American political establishment and is assuming ever more radical and paradoxical forms.
I would like to say that excesses like this will not fail to prompt a response they deserve and will be taken into account in our further work.
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