22.04.2011, 00.22 MOSCOW, April 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to receive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Moscow Friday, April 22, the presidential press service said. In the course of their conversation, Medvedev and Ban attention to the “will pay special problems of ensuring international security.” is especially pressing now in the context of dramatic events in the Middle “This issue East, Northern and Western Africa, including Libya, and in the press Cote d’Ivoire,” service said. Russia proceeds from the assumption that choice of a pathway for “the Libya’s development is a doubtless prerogative of the Libyan people and the international community should, on its part, assist a peaceful untangling of this conflict without interference in Libya’s internal affairs.” this context, the implementation of UN resolutions in full compliance and strictly “In within the limits of the Security to be a the press Council’s mandate appears key issue,” service said. position is shared by all the countries making up Brics Brazil, Russia, India, “This – China, and South Africa and this was confirmed by a declaration the leaders of this – authoritative group endorsed upon the results of their summit in China April it said. 14,” Apart from this, the agenda of the talks between Medvedev and Ban features the problems as pressing as the Middle East peace settlement, nuclear weaponry on the Korean Peninsula, international cooperation in fighting with new challenges and threats, including piracy. will be the fourth meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Ban Ki-moon,” the “This presidential press service said. The previous meeting took place March 27, 2009, on the sidelines of the Moscow conference on Afghanistan, March 18, 2010 during visit to Moscow, and Ban’s December 1, 2010, in the course of the summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. the line at strengthening the role in the emerging multipolar “Russia pursues UN’s central system of international relations and it renders all-round support to the UN in the efforts to settle the problems of climate change, sustainable development and the food security,” press service said.
22.04.2011, 00.22 MOSCOW, April 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to receive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Moscow Friday, April 22, the presidential press service said. In the course of their conversation, Medvedev and Ban “will pay special attention to the problems of ensuring international security.” “This issue is especially pressing now in the context of dramatic events in the Middle East, Northern and Western Africa, including Libya, and in Cote d’Ivoire,” the press service said. Russia proceeds from the assumption that “the choice of a pathway for Libya’s development is a doubtless prerogative of the Libyan people and the international community should, on its part, assist a peaceful untangling of this conflict without interference in Libya’s internal affairs.” “In this context, the implementation of UN resolutions in full compliance and strictly within the limits of the Security Council’s mandate appears to be a key issue,” the press service said. “This position is shared by all the countries making up Brics – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – and this was confirmed by a declaration the leaders of this authoritative group endorsed upon the results of their summit in China April 14,” it said. Apart from this, the agenda of the talks between Medvedev and Ban features the problems as pressing as the Middle East peace settlement, nuclear weaponry on the Korean Peninsula, international cooperation in fighting with new challenges and threats, including piracy. “This will be the fourth meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Ban Ki-moon,” the presidential press service said. The previous meeting took place March 27, 2009, on the sidelines of the Moscow conference on Afghanistan, March 18, 2010 during Ban’s visit to Moscow, and December 1, 2010, in the course of the summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. “Russia pursues the line at strengthening the UN’s central role in the emerging multipolar system of international relations and it renders all-round support to the UN in the efforts to settle the problems of climate change, sustainable development and food security,” the press service said.
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