Lavrov at Primakov Readings Order, conflicts and Eurasia

Jun 24

In his complete prepared June 24 address, Lavrov marks IMEMO's seventieth anniversary and presents Primakov's multipolar approach as an alternative to Western dominance. He criticizes selective application of UN principles, NATO expansion, sanctions and the financial use of the dollar, while recalling the national-interest approach he says was agreed at the February 2025 Riyadh talks. He characterizes Maduro's capture and U.S. oil influence as coercion. He supports ongoing U.S.–Iran negotiations, offers Russian good offices if needed for a comprehensive long-term regional settlement and calls for free Hormuz navigation. He says Russia revised and circulated its Gulf collective-security concept in late May, outlining phased conflict resolution, confidence building and regional control over outside participation. He advocates a viable Palestinian state together with Israeli security, criticizes Gaza-only arrangements and recalls the Russian and Chinese abstentions at Arab and Palestinian request. On Ukraine he demands binding security, language and religious guarantees, rejects temporary fixes and says Russia remains committed to U.S.-proposed Anchorage understandings. He praises the Russia–China declaration adopted during Putin's recent state visit, relations with India, possible RIC revitalization and consensus-based BRICS and SCO cooperation. He backs the Greater Eurasian Partnership and an inclusive security architecture, saying the Russia–Belarus Eurasian Charter proposal will be discussed at the fourth Minsk conference. His descriptions of motives, rights, responsibility and agreements remain attributed assessments; the speech announces neither a peace settlement nor an adopted charter.

At the June 24 Primakov Readings, Lavrov rejects temporary Ukraine solutions, ultimatums and a frontline pause to begin negotiations. He calls for removing what he sees as the conflict's security causes and protecting Russian-language and religious rights. He recalls an American-origin Anchorage proposal, describes Putin's acceptance with nuances as a compromise and also says Russia made no concessions there. He says no American follow-up response has arrived and objects to European pressure for additional concessions. His claims and interpretations remain attributed; these statements disclose neither a finalized settlement nor a newly agreed negotiating format. Channel One's same-day report quotes his rejection of temporary solutions and the frontline pause and his no-concessions account. Its adjacent U.S. bilateral-progress and E3-demand passages remain in the complete source story, with separate links to the corresponding bounded statements and historical encounter.