(20 Aug 2025)
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Moscow, Russia – 20 August 2025
1. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi arriving to meeting
2. Various of meeting
3. Various of Lavrov and Safadi signing documents
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"We cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve collective security issues without Russia. This will not work. We have already explained more than once that Russia does not exaggerate its interests, but we will ensure our legitimate interests firmly and harshly. And I am sure that the West, and above all the United States, understands perfectly well that seriously discussing security issues without the Russian Federation is a utopia. This is a road to nowhere."
6. People listening
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"What diplomatic steps have you noticed in the European Union? Before evaluating them, they need to be seen. So far, we see only a fairly aggressive escalation of the situation, rather clumsy and unethical attempts to change the position of the Trump administration and the US President personally."
8. People listening
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"The President has said more than once that we are ready to work in any format, with the understanding that the work will be honest and will not be limited to attempts, as is done primarily by the leaders of leading European countries, to create conditions for once again dragging the United States into its aggressive, belligerent campaign to preserve and even strengthen Ukraine as an instrument of containing Russia."
10. Various of Lavrov and Safadi leaving
STORYLINE:
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi visited Moscow on Wednesday and met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The top diplomats held bilateral talks and signed mutual visa waiver agreement between two countries.
Speaking at a news conference, Sergey Lavrov commented on the initiatives of European leaders to create collective security guarantees for Ukraine that they made after the summit in Washington.
"We cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve collective security issues without Russia," said Lavrov.
He called the discussions on security issues without the Russian Federation "utopia" and "the road to nowhere."
Lavrov called steps of the European Union to resolve the Ukrainian crisis "rather clumsy and unethical attempts to change the position of the Trump administration."
"What diplomatic steps have you noticed in the European Union? Before evaluating them, they need to be seen," he added.
Lavrov also confirmed that President Vladimir Putin is ready to talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in any format.
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