EMBASSY INFORMS
Russian wines participate in London International Wine Fair Rosatom is a Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, which integrates the whole value chain of the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium mining and fuel fabrication to electricity generation and back-end services. The second Development Working Group Meeting within Russia's G20 Presidency was held on May 15-17, 2013 in Moscow (Russia). The representatives of the G20 Ministries and Official Development Assistance Agencies, as well as experts from the international organizations and outreach invitees attended the meeting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a video conference with participants of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration, organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and which is taking place in Moscow on May 16 and 17. Vladimir Putin met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss current international issues and the UN’s own development as an organization. Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the UK Alexander Yakovenko took part in the annual dinner of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on 15 May 2013. Question (addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov): After your recent discussions, including on Syria and the episode of detention of a US Embassy official in Moscow on a charge of espionage, do you think that your collective work is constructive? Sergey Lavrov (answers after John Kerry): Regarding the incident of the detention of a US Embassy official in Moscow that you have mentioned, everything, that the Russian party wished to say about it, was said yesterday in the comment of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. I have nothing to add. Dear Mr Chairman,Dear colleagues, friends, First of all, I would like to thank our Swedish hosts for their hospitality, good organization of the today’s meeting and to congratulate Mr Carl Bildt with the results that were reached by the Arctic Council under Swedish chairmanship.
Today we sign the second in history legally binding panarctic document – Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. This is another evidence of high responsibility of Arctic countries for the state of affairs in the region. The next is the preparation of the Agreement on Marine Oil Spill Prevention. Question: Can you provide any specifics based on results of your conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry regarding deadlines and place of the international conference for Syria? Does Russia consider that SAR President Bashar al-Assad should participate in it?Sergey Lavrov: There is a common understanding that the conference should be held in Geneva, where grounds for the current advancement ahead were laid by adopting the known Communiqué in June 2012. On May 16, 2013 Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Sergey Krutikov met Lord Provost of Dundee Bob Duncan. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Mr Andreyev, I have a few regular questions regarding the current state of the company, the situation on the world markets, your social projects (I know that your company does a lot of work in that area) and the relationship with your shareholders, including the representatives of Yakutia. In the run-up to the G20 Summit in St.Petersburg, Civil 20 has initiated the preparation of a report and recommendations for the G20 focused on the issue of surmounting the risks originating from growing income inequality. Vladimir Putin and Jacob Zuma discussed various topical bilateral issues On May 17 in Sochi, Vladimir Putin will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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