.@SunjoyJ: We live in a troubled neighbourhood. We do not choose our friends or allies. But we do not go into war over it. What leads #Russia into this protracted war on #NATO expansion?
Sergey Lavrov: Between the lie of not expanding #NATO & the events that started a year ago, there were many developments that one cannot overlook. There was no delivery on legally binding or written commitments.
Sergey Lavrov: You believe that the #USA has the right to declare a threat to its national interests, in Yugoslavia, #Iraq, Syria, ten thousands of miles away. You do not ask them any questions.
Sergey Lavrov: The West do not remember about the 1999 Serbia bombing; when #Biden, as Senator, spoke about his role in promoting this approach; or when #Iraq was ruined and Tony Blair said it was not a state.
Sergey Lavrov: #Biden, Borrell, Stoltenberg have repeatedly stated that #Russia must be defeated on the battlefield--which they say is existential for the West in the context of global domination.
Sergey Lavrov: The global sufferings are related to the #sanctions, the policy of blackmail, and the diktat that the West is promoting. They are not related to what #Russia is doing.
Sergey Lavrov: We have excellent relations with #India, as a special privileged partnership, and with #China as well. We are interested in these two great nations to be friends.
Sergey Lavrov: The war that was launched against us, using the great Ukrainian people, influenced the policy of #Russia, including our energy policy. Russia’s #energy policy will be oriented towards reliable credible partners like #India & #China.
.@Chandrika0501: Agenda 2030 and everything that it entails is indispensable to the creation of a prosperous future. Yet, it is so endangered. How do we translate it into the central feature of our policy making?
Tony Blair: The rise of #India is a pointer that we are in a new era. India's position today is potentially more powerful than it's ever been. And India is expected to lead the Global South in a manner like never before.
.@Tharman_S: Two things must guide #climatefinance: Scale and urgency. We are way behind meeting our #climate targets and we need to get moving quickly even if it is in an imperfect way.
The #RaisinaEdit offers a selection of commentaries that unpack, interpret, and problematise contemporary global developments corresponding to the pillars of the #RaisinaDialogue2023.
S Paul Kapur writes on how the #American leaders must abandon their decades-long dream of achieving strategic convergence between the US and #Pakistan. or-f.org/118561
#Australia’s reformed policy towards #China is not a turn to China; it’s a return to normality.
We are live tweeting the session with @drausaf, @AlOraibi, Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi and Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy
Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim: A young population is the greatest potential of this region. #Egypt plays a fundamental role due to its strategic position with the #SuezCanal.